The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UMBILIC
Definition of UMBILIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or having a navel or umbilicus
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UMBILIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UMBILIC starts with U and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCIILMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UMBILI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UMBILIC?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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