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UNDERTAKES
Definition of UNDERTAKES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of undertake
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Word DNA
UNDERTAKES inherits its ancestry from its root, UNDERTAKE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,287)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNDERTAKE · 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.
UNDERTAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNDERTAKES starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEKNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start UNDERT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found UNDERTAKES?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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