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UNLEASH

/ʌnˈliʃ/7 letters

Definition of UNLEASH

verb

To free from a leash, or as from a leash.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From un- + leash.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundun-

Same root, UNLEASH · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

UNLEASH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 14 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
15
First board
156
Latest board
36
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

nanabnana

on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNLEASH
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

UNLEASH starts with U and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEHLNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start UNLEAS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNLEASH?

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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.

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