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UNDERHAND

/ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌ(h)ænd/9 letters

Definition of UNDERHAND

adjective

Secret; clandestine.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From under + hand.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound

Same root, UNDERHAND · 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.

UNDERHAND in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its 2 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
139
First board
145
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

gamethyme

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNDERHAND
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNDERHAND starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEHNNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and D appear more than once.

Words that start UNDERH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

UNDERHAIRUNDERHEADUNDERHEATUNDERHELDUNDERHOLDUNDERHUNGUNDERHAIRSUNDERHANDSUNDERHEATSUNDERHOUSEUNDERHANDEDUNDERHEATED

Could you have found UNDERHAND?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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