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UNARY

/ˈjuːnəɹi/5 letters

Definition of UNARY

adjective

Consisting of or involving a single element or component.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin ūnus (“one”) + -ary, on the pattern of binary, ternary, etc.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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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.

UNARY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 9 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
60
First board
109
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 60, 19 July 2026.

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Built from these letters

UNARY
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Could you have found UNARY?

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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.

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