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UNTIE
Definition of UNTIE
verb
To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English untien, unteyen, untyȝen, untiȝen, from Old English untīġan (“to untie”), equivalent to un- + tie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNTIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNTIE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EINTU - 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 UNTIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found UNTIE?
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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