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UNFETTER

/ʌnˈfɛtɚ/8 letters

Definition of UNFETTER

verb

To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From un- + fetter.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundun-

Same root, UNFETTER · 2 relatives 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.

UNFETTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 7 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
90
First board
154
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

thezoharian

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

UNFETTER
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNFETTER starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEFNRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start UNFETT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

UNFETTERSUNFETTEREDUNFETTERINGUNFETTEREDLY

Could you have found UNFETTER?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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