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UNHINGED

/ʌnˈhɪndʒd/8 letters

Definition of UNHINGED

adjective

Mentally ill or unstable; deranged; insane.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From unhinge + -ed.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-ed

Same root, UNHINGE · 2 relatives in the game

UNHINGEUNHINGES

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

UNHINGED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 146
Its 2 boards, across 146 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
132
First board
145
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

tnlauraSUPPORTER

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNHINGED
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNHINGED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGHINNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start UNHING

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

UNHINGEUNHINGESUNHINGINGUNHINGEMENT

Could you have found UNHINGED?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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