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UNSHADOW
Definition of UNSHADOW
verb
To free from shadow; to allow to become illuminated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + shadow.
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.
UNSHADOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
UNSHADOW starts with U and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ADHNOSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNSHAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found UNSHADOW?
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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