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UNREADY
Definition of UNREADY
adjective
Not ready. Not yet mature; not yet ripe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English unredy, equivalent to un- + ready. Compare Dutch ongereed and onbereid, German unbereit, Swedish oberedd.
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 (2,182)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNREADY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNREADY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADENRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNREAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found UNREADY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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