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UNDERGIRD
Definition of UNDERGIRD
verb
To strengthen, secure, or reinforce by passing a rope, cable, or chain around the underside of an object.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From under- + gird.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNDERGIRD · 2 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.
UNDERGIRD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNDERGIRD starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEGINRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and R appear more than once.
Words that start UNDERG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNDERGIRD?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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