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UNLIKELY
Definition of UNLIKELY
adjective
Not likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli. By surface analysis, un- + likely.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNLIKELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
UNLIKELY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EIKLLNUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start UNLIKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNLIKELY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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