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UMBRAL

/ˈʌmbɹəl/6 letters

Definition of UMBRAL

adjective

Of or relating to an umbra.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

UMBRAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 64 boards so far. 232 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its 64 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
64
Boards found on
26
First board
158
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

isi

on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UMBRAL
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UMBRAL starts with U and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABLMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found UMBRAL?

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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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