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UNSUBTLY

8 letters

Definition of UNSUBTLY

adverb

In an unsubtle manner.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From unsubtle + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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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.

UNSUBTLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 119
Its 6 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
60
First board
115
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

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on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNSUBTLY
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start UNSUBT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNSUBTLY?

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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.

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