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UNDERCOAT
Definition of UNDERCOAT
noun
A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From under- + coat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNDERCOAT · 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.
UNDERCOAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNDERCOAT starts with U and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDENORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNDERC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found UNDERCOAT?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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