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UNICORNS
Definition of UNICORNS
noun
plural of unicorn
noun
A mythical horselike creature with a horn on its forehead, supposed to be extremely rare and to be drawn to virgins and other chaste maidens.
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Word DNA
UNICORNS inherits its ancestry from its root, UNICORN.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNICORN · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNICORNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNICORNS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CINNORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found UNICORNS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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