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UNDERSCORE
Definition of UNDERSCORE
noun
A line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From under- + score.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNDERSCORE · 1 relative 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.
UNDERSCORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.
Built from these letters
UNDERSCORE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEENORRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start UNDERS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNDERSCORE?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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