The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UNSTEEL
Definition of UNSTEEL
verb
To disarm; to soften.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + steel.
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.
UNSTEEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNSTEEL starts with U and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EELNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 UNSTEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNSTEEL?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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