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UMBONATE
Definition of UMBONATE
adjective
Having an umbo
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin umbōnātus, from Latin umbō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UMBONATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UMBONATE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEMNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UMBONA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UMBONATE?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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