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UNDERWHELM
Definition of UNDERWHELM
verb
To fail to impress; to perform disappointingly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From under- + whelm: a humorous coinage by novel negation of overwhelm first recorded in the 1950s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNDERWHELM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNDERWHELM starts with U and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEEHLMNRUW - 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 UNDERWHELM?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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