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UNDERFOOT
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,790)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNDERFOOT · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle Low German.
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 36 boards so far. 58 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. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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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