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UNSTEADY
Definition of UNSTEADY
adjective
Not held firmly in position; physically unstable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + steady. Like steady, the word first appeared in English around 1530. The word is comparable to Old Frisian onstedich, Low German unstadig, etc.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNSTEADY · 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.
UNSTEADY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNSTEADY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADENSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UNSTEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found UNSTEADY?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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