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UNNERVE

/ʌnˈnɜː(ɹ)v/7 letters

Definition of UNNERVE

verb

To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble. Compare enervate.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From un- + nerve.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundun-

Same root, UNNERVE · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

UNNERVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
159
First board
15
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

semipa

on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNNERVE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNNERVE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EENNRUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start UNNERV

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

UNNERVEDUNNERVESUNNERVINGUNNERVINGLY

Could you have found UNNERVE?

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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.

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