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UNDERSTUDIES
Definition of UNDERSTUDIES
noun
plural of understudy
verb
To study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required.
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Word DNA
UNDERSTUDIES inherits its ancestry from its root, UNDERSTUDY.
How it is built
Same root, UNDERSTUDY · 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.
UNDERSTUDIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 76 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNDERSTUDIES starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEEINRSSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U, D, E and S appear more than once.
Words that start UNDERSTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNDERSTUDIES?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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