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ULNAR

5 letters

Definition of ULNAR

adjective

Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From uln- + ar.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompounduln-

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.

ULNAR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 98 boards so far. 260 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its 98 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
98
Boards found on
25
First board
163
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ULNAR
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ULNAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ULNAR?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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