The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UNPROTECTED
Definition of UNPROTECTED
adjective
Not protected; lacking defence or protection; exposed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + protected.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNPROTECTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNPROTECTED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEENOPRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start UNPROTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNPROTECTED?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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