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UMBRATILOUS
Definition of UMBRATILOUS
adjective
Shadowy; faint; secluded; indistinct; vague; latent; indeterminate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin umbra (“shade, shadow”).
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.
UMBRATILOUS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 33, 22 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 73 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UMBRATILOUS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABILMORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start UMBRATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found UMBRATILOUS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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