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UNSHAPE
Definition of UNSHAPE
verb
To deprive of shape; throw out of form or into disorder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + shape.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNSHAPE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNSHAPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNSHAPE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHNPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNSHAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNSHAPE?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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