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UNDERFOOT

/ʌndəˈfʊt/9 letters

Definition of UNDERFOOT

adjective

Situated under one's foot or feet.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

UNDERFOOT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 15 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
29
First board
96
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

ashwin

on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNDERFOOT
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

UNDERFOOT starts with U and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEFNOORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start UNDERF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNDERFOOT?

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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