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UNMAKE
Definition of UNMAKE
verb
To destroy or take apart; to cause (a made article) to lose its nature.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English unmaken; equivalent to un- + make.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,231)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNMAKE · 1 relative 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.
UNMAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNMAKE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEKMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNMAKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNMAKE?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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