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UNCTUOSITY
Definition of UNCTUOSITY
noun
The state or characteristic of being unctuous.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNCTUOSITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNCTUOSITY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CINOSTTUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and T appear more than once.
Words that start UNCTUO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNCTUOSITY?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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