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UNLIKE
Definition of UNLIKE
adjective
Not like; dissimilar (to); having no resemblance; unalike.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English unlic, unlich, from Old English unlīċ, unġelīċ (“unlike, different, dissimilar, diverse”), from Proto-Germanic *ungalīkaz. By surface analysis, un- + like. Cognate with Dutch ongelijk, German ungleich, Old Norse úlíkr (see there for North Germanic descendants).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
UNLIKE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNLIKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found UNLIKE?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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