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UNFACTUAL

9 letters

Definition of UNFACTUAL

adjective

Not factual.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From un- + factual.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompoundun-

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.

UNFACTUAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its 3 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
141
First board
164
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

dicerev

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNFACTUAL
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

UNFACTUAL starts with U and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACFLNTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and A appear more than once.

Words that start UNFACT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNFACTUAL?

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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.

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