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UNION
Definition of UNION
noun
The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ūniō, ūniōnem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ūnus (“one”). Doublet of unio.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNION · 6 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.
UNION in OUTLIER
It has fitted 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNION starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read INNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start UNION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found UNION?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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