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UNTETHERING
Definition of UNTETHERING
verb
present participle and gerund of untether
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Word DNA
UNTETHERING inherits its ancestry from its root, UNTETHER.
How it is built
Same root, UNTETHER · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNTETHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNTETHERING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGHINNRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start UNTETHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNTETHERING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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