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UNDERLAYS
Definition of UNDERLAYS
noun
plural of underlay
UNDERLIE · via underlay
verb
To lie in a position directly beneath something. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Word DNA
UNDERLAYS inherits its ancestry from its root, UNDERLAY.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNDERLAY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNDERLAYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNDERLAYS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADELNRSUY - 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 51
Could you have found UNDERLAYS?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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