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UNCIPHER
Definition of UNCIPHER
verb
To decode or decipher.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + cipher.
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.
UNCIPHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 52, 11 July 2026.
Built from these letters
UNCIPHER starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEHINPRU - 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.
Words that start UNCIPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found UNCIPHER?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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