The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

ULTIMATA

/ˌʌltɪˈmeɪtə/8 letters

Definition of ULTIMATA

noun

plural of ultimatum

ULTIMATUM

noun

A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war if the terms are not met before some specified date and time.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin ultimata; by surface analysis, ultimat(um) + -a.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.2%

of traced words share this origin (10,073)

Italic

branch · 33.2% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound

Every Latin 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.

ULTIMATA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 154
Its one board, across 154 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
137
First board
17
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

crookedknight

on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ULTIMATA
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ULTIMATA starts with U and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAILMTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.

Words that start ULTIMA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ULTIMATA?

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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.

Play today's OUTLIER