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UMBRAGE
Definition of UMBRAGE
noun
A feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French ombrage (“umbrage”), from Old French ombrage, from Latin umbrāticus (“in the shade”), from umbra (“shadow, shade”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UMBRAGE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UMBRAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 280 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UMBRAGE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEGMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UMBRAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found UMBRAGE?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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