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UNHORSE

7 letters

Definition of UNHORSE

verb

To forcibly remove from a horse.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English unhorsen, equivalent to un- + horse.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

6.2%

of traced words share this origin (4,883)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

verbcompoundun-

Same root, UNHORSE · 3 relatives in the game

Every Middle English word → · 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.

UNHORSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 12 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
72
First board
158
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

gosia

on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNHORSE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start UNHORS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNHORSE?

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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.

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