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UNCO
Definition of UNCO
adjective
Strange, weird.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots unco, shortening of uncouth.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (345)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNCO · 3 relatives 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.
UNCO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNCO starts with U and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNCO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found UNCO?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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