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UNDERWAVES

10 letters

Definition of UNDERWAVES

noun

plural of underwave

UNDERWAVE

noun

A lesser or underlying wave (in various senses).

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Word DNA

UNDERWAVES inherits its ancestry from its root, UNDERWAVE.

How it is built

nouncompoundunder-

Same root, UNDERWAVE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

UNDERWAVES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
163
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

tv2

on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNDERWAVES
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNDERWAVES starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEENRSUVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start UNDERW

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNDERWAVES?

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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.

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