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UNPACKS
Definition of UNPACKS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Word DNA
UNPACKS inherits its ancestry from its root, UNPACK.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,319)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNPACK · 3 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.
UNPACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNPACKS starts with U and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACKNPSU - 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 UNPACKS?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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