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UNFREE
Definition of UNFREE
adjective
Not free; lacking freedom, especially of a tenant who was bound to a manor.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English unfre, from Old English [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *unfrī; cognates include Middle High German unfrī (German unfrei), Middle Low German unvrī, Middle Dutch onvri (Dutch onvrij). By surface analysis, un- + free.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (453)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNFREE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNFREE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNFREE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start UNFREE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNFREE?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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