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UNDULATION
Definition of UNDULATION
noun
An instance or act of undulating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From undulate + -ion, or borrowed from Medieval Latin undulātiō; compare French ondulation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNDULATION · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNDULATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNDULATION starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADILNNOTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and N appear more than once.
Words that start UNDULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNDULATION?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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