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UMBILICUS

/ʌmˈbɪl.ɪ.kəs/9 letters

Definition of UMBILICUS

noun

A navel.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin umbilīcus (“navel”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

UMBILICUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 10 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
21
First board
79
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.

First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

UMBILICUS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UMBILICUS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCIILMSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and I appear more than once.

Words that start UMBILI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

UMBILICUMBILICIUMBILICALUMBILICALSUMBILICATEUMBILIFORMUMBILICALLYUMBILICATEDUMBILICUSESUMBILICATIONUMBILICATIONS

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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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.

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