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ULNAE

5 letters

Definition of ULNAE

noun

plural of ulna

ULNA

noun

The bone of the forearm that extends from the elbow to the wrist on the side opposite to the thumb, corresponding to the fibula of the hind limb. Also, the corresponding bone in the forelimb of any vertebrate.

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Another sense

ULNAE carries a second meaning.

  1. noun

    Plural form of ulna.

Word DNA

ULNAE inherits its ancestry from its root, ULNA.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (23,914)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, ULNA · 2 relatives in the game

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ULNAE in a sentence

“Whereas a normal lower arm is composed of two bones, a radius and an ulna, this lower arm has two ulnae and no radius.”

Archive 2006-10-01, 2006

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ULNAE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 70 boards so far. 107 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 70 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
70
Boards found on
24
First board
156
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

wombatsrule

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ULNAE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ULNAE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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