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UNDULAR

7 letters

Definition of UNDULAR

adjective

Having the form of a moving wave

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Where it comes from

Surface analysis Latin undula + -ar. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,643)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompound-ar

Every Latin word → · 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.

UNDULAR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 146
Its 21 boards, across 146 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
30
First board
141
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.

Built from these letters

UNDULAR
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNDULAR starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADLNRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start UNDULA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

UNDULANTUNDULATEUNDULANCEUNDULANCYUNDULATEDUNDULATESUNDULATORUNDULANCESUNDULATELYUNDULATINGUNDULATIONUNDULATIVE

Could you have found UNDULAR?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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