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UMBRIC
Definition of UMBRIC
adjective
Essentially mollic but with a lower base saturation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin umbra (“shadow”) + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,371)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UMBRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 171, 7 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UMBRIC starts with U and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCIMRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found UMBRIC?
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 171 - and most players walked straight past it.
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