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UNSTERILE

9 letters

Definition of UNSTERILE

adjective

Not sterile.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From un- + sterile.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

UNSTERILE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 3 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
74
First board
119
Latest board
44
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 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 74, 2 August 2026.

Built from these letters

UNSTERILE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

UNSTERILE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start UNSTER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

UNSTERILIZED

Could you have found UNSTERILE?

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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.

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