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UNAWARES
Definition of UNAWARES
adverb
Unexpectedly or by surprise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From unaware + -s (adverbial suffix). Attested earlier than unaware.
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.
UNAWARES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNAWARES starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAENRSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start UNAWAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found UNAWARES?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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