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UNCLOSE
Definition of UNCLOSE
verb
To open; to unclench.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English unclosen. By surface analysis, un- (reversive suffix) + close (verb).
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.
UNCLOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNCLOSE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELNOSU - 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 UNCLOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNCLOSE?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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