The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UNBASED
Definition of UNBASED
adjective
Without a sound basis; unfounded; baseless.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + based.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
UNBASED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
UNBASED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDENSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found UNBASED?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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