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UNLUCKY

/ʌnˈlʌki/7 letters

Definition of UNLUCKY

adjective

Unfortunate, marked by misfortune.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From un- + lucky.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

UNLUCKY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 7 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
31
First board
101
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

UNLUCKY
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNLUCKY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CKLNUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start UNLUCK

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

UNLUCKIERUNLUCKILYUNLUCKIESTUNLUCKINESSUNLUCKINESSES

Could you have found UNLUCKY?

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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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