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UKULELE
Definition of UKULELE
noun
A small four-stringed guitar.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UKULELE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UKULELE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEKLLUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U, L and E appear more than once.
Words that start UKULEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UKULELE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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