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UNTHREADING

11 letters

Definition of UNTHREADING

verb

present participle and gerund of unthread

UNTHREAD

verb

To draw or remove a thread from.

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Word DNA

UNTHREADING inherits its ancestry from its root, UNTHREAD.

How it is built

verbcompoundun-

Same root, UNTHREAD · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

UNTHREADING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
154
First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

emzin

on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

UNTHREADING
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

UNTHREADING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGHINNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start UNTHREA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found UNTHREADING?

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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