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UAKARI

/ˈwɑˈkɑːri/6 letters

Definition of UAKARI

noun

Any of several arboreal monkeys, of the genus Cacajao, from the Amazon basin.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese uacari, borrowed from Nheengatu wakarí, possibly from Old Tupi akaka'i.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Portuguese
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Portuguese

Deepest traced root

27th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.3%

of traced words share this origin (258)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, UAKARI · 3 relatives in the game

Every Portuguese word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

UAKARI in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 159
Its 19 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
37
First board
151
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

zoobark

on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UAKARI
6
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

UAKARI starts with U and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AAIKRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start UAKARI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UAKARI?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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