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UNCIA
Definition of UNCIA
noun
The Roman ounce, 1/12 of a Roman pound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin uncia (“various Roman units”). Doublet of ounce, inch, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNCIA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNCIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNCIA starts with U and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACINU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNCIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found UNCIA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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