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UNPACK
Definition of UNPACK
verb
To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English unpakken, equivalent to un- + pack. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpakje (“to unpack”), West Frisian útpakke (“to unpack”), Dutch uitpakken (“to unpack”), German auspacken (“to unpack”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,006)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNPACK · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNPACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNPACK starts with U and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNPACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNPACK?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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