The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
UNSTERILIZED
Definition of UNSTERILIZED
adjective
Not sterilized.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + sterilized.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNSTERILIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNSTERILIZED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEIILNRSTUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found UNSTERILIZED?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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