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UNHOMELY

8 letters

Definition of UNHOMELY

adjective

not homely

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From un- + homely.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

UNHOMELY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its 12 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
44
First board
112
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

pspsappho

on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

UNHOMELY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHLMNOUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start UNHOME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNHOMELY?

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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.

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