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UNBECOMING
Definition of UNBECOMING
adjective
Not flattering, attractive or appropriate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + becoming. Compare Middle English unbicomelich (“unbecoming”). Equal to unbecome + -ing
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNBECOME · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNBECOMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNBECOMING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCEGIMNNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start UNBECO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNBECOMING?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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