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UNIFORM
Definition of UNIFORM
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Uniform of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French uniforme, from Latin uniformis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNIFORM · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNIFORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNIFORM starts with U and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read FIMNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNIFOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found UNIFORM?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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