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UNKINK
Definition of UNKINK
verb
To remove the kinks from.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + kink.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNKINK · 2 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.
UNKINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
UNKINK starts with U and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read IKKNNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and K appear more than once.
Words that start UNKINK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNKINK?
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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