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UNKEMPT
Definition of UNKEMPT
adjective
uncombed, dishevelled.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier unkembed, unkemmed, from Middle English unkempt (“uncombed”), equivalent to un- + kempt. Compare Old Norse úkembdr (uncombed; unkempt"; whence Icelandic ókembdur), German ungekämmt (“unkempt”), Dutch ongekamd. More at kemb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Icelandic, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNKEMPT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 272 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
UNKEMPT starts with U and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EKMNPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNKEMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found UNKEMPT?
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