The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UNIVERSALITY
Definition of UNIVERSALITY
noun
the property of being universal, common to all members of a class
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English universalite, from Middle French universalité, from Old French, from Late Latin universalitas. By surface analysis, universal + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNIVERSALITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNIVERSALITY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEIILNRSTUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start UNIVERSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found UNIVERSALITY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER