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UNDERFUR

8 letters

Definition of UNDERFUR

noun

The thick, soft undercoat of some mammals, especially those that spend time in the water

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From under- + fur.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompoundunder-

Same root, UNDERFUR · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

UNDERFUR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 156
Its one board, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
66
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.

First ever to find it

calicut123

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNDERFUR
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNDERFUR starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEFNRRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and R appear more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start UNDERF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNDERFUR?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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