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UNDERLAY
Definition of UNDERLAY
verb
simple past of underlie
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English underleyen, from Old English underleċġan (“to underlay, prop, support”), equivalent to under- + lay. Cognate with Dutch onderleggen (“to lay or put under”), German unterlegen (“to underlay”), Swedish underlägga (“to underlay”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNDERLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNDERLAY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADELNRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNDERL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found UNDERLAY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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