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UNCTION
Definition of UNCTION
noun
An ointment or salve.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin unctiō.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNCTION · 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.
UNCTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
UNCTION starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CINNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start UNCTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNCTION?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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