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UNDERLAYMENT
Definition of UNDERLAYMENT
noun
Something that is underlaid, such as planking in a room of a house; underlay.
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Where it comes from
From underlay + -ment.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNDERLAY · 4 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.
UNDERLAYMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNDERLAYMENT starts with U and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEELMNNRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start UNDERLAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNDERLAYMENT?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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