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UNFAVORED
Definition of UNFAVORED
adjective
Not favoured.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English unfavored; equivalent to un- + favored.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNFAVORED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNFAVORED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFNORUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNFAVO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found UNFAVORED?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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