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UNTIL
Definition of UNTIL
preposition
Up to the time of (something happening); pending.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English vntil, until, untill, ontil, ontill, perhaps representing a northern variant of Middle English unto (see Modern English unto). By surface analysis, un- (“against; toward; up to”) + till.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,181)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNTIL · 3 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.
UNTIL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 50 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNTIL starts with U and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ILNTU - 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 UNTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNTIL?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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