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UNDERLYING
Definition of UNDERLYING
adjective
Lying underneath.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, underlie + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNDERLY · 2 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.
UNDERLYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNDERLYING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGILNNRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UNDERL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNDERLYING?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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