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UMWHILE
Definition of UMWHILE
adjective
Erstwhile; late; former.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English umwhile, umwhyle, umbewhile, from the phrase umbe while (literally “at times, at some time”). Analyzable as um- + while. More at while.
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.
UMWHILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 112, 9 September 2026.
Built from these letters
UMWHILE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHILMUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found UMWHILE?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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