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UNGOOD
Definition of UNGOOD
adjective
Not good; bad.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ungod, from Old English ungōd, equivalent to un- (“not”) + good (adjective). Popularised by its appearance in Newspeak, a fictional language coined in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel by George Orwell.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,168)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNGOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNGOOD starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DGNOOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found UNGOOD?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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