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UNTAMED
Definition of UNTAMED
adjective
Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English untamed, untemed, equivalent to un- + tamed and/or untame + -ed. Compare Dutch ongetemd (“untamed”), German ungezähmt (“untamed”), Danish utæmmet (“untamed”), Swedish otämd (“untamed”), Icelandic ótamin (“untamed”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNTAME · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNTAMED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNTAMED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEMNTU - 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 UNTAME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found UNTAMED?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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