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UNDERWHELMS
Definition of UNDERWHELMS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of underwhelm
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Another sense
UNDERWHELMS carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of underwhelm.
Word DNA
UNDERWHELMS inherits its ancestry from its root, UNDERWHELM.
How it is built
Same root, UNDERWHELM · 1 relative in the game
UNDERWHELMS in a sentence
“Steve Ballmer keynote underwhelms - but hints that Windows has won internal battle”
CES 2011: Fulton Innovations is ready to cook your food - wirelessly, 2011
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNDERWHELMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 164 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNDERWHELMS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEHLMNRSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start UNDERWH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNDERWHELMS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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