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UNDEAD

/ʌnˈdɛd/6 letters

Definition of UNDEAD

adjective

Not dead; alive.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English undede, equivalent to un- + dead. The first attestation is from around 1400. The term was revived, popularized, and imbued with supernatural connotations by its usage in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

6.2%

of traced words share this origin (5,064)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompoundun-

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

UNDEAD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 6 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
131
First board
152
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

urbanalloy

on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNDEAD
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

UNDEAD starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDENU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.

Could you have found UNDEAD?

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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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