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UNCHRISTIAN
Definition of UNCHRISTIAN
adjective
Not of the Christian faith.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alternation (due to Christian) of Middle English uncristen, uncristene, from Old English uncristen (“unchristian”), equivalent to un- + Christian. Compare West Frisian onkristen, Dutch onkristen (obsolete Dutch onchristen), Danish ukristen, Swedish okristen, Icelandic ókristinn.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,192)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNCHRISTIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNCHRISTIAN starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACHIINNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and I appear more than once.
Words that start UNCHRIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNCHRISTIAN?
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