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UNDERLAPPING

12 letters

Definition of UNDERLAPPING

verb

present participle and gerund of underlap

UNDERLAP

verb

To be overlapped by; to protrude underneath.

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Word DNA

UNDERLAPPING inherits its ancestry from its root, UNDERLAP.

How it is built

verbcompoundunder-

Same root, UNDERLAP · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

UNDERLAPPING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
159
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

marygert

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNDERLAPPING
12
Letters
4
Vowels
8
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNDERLAPPING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGILNNPPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and P appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start UNDERLAP

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNDERLAPPING?

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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.

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