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UNDULATOR

9 letters

Definition of UNDULATOR

noun

A periodic structure of dipole magnets that generates a low-energy collimated beam of radiation.

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Where it comes from

From undulate + -or.

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Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-or

Same root, UNDULATOR · 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.

UNDULATOR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 98 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 142
Its 32 boards, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
32
Boards found on
31
First board
142
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

ma121alpha

on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNDULATOR
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNDULATOR starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADLNORTUU - 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.

UNDULARUNDULANTUNDULATEUNDULANCEUNDULANCYUNDULATEDUNDULATESUNDULANCESUNDULATELYUNDULATINGUNDULATIONUNDULATIVE

Could you have found UNDULATOR?

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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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