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UNDERCUTS
Definition of UNDERCUTS
noun
plural of undercut
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Word DNA
UNDERCUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, UNDERCUT.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNDERCUT · 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.
UNDERCUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNDERCUTS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDENRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start UNDERC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found UNDERCUTS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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