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UNLATCHES
Definition of UNLATCHES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of unlatch
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Word DNA
UNLATCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, UNLATCH.
How it is built
Same root, UNLATCH · 3 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.
UNLATCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
UNLATCHES starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNLATC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNLATCHES?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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