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UNTIMELY
Definition of UNTIMELY
adjective
At an inopportune time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English untymely (also earlier untimliche), equivalent to un- + timely. First attested in the early 13th century. Compare Middle Danish utimelig, Old English untídlic (“unseasonable”).
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.
UNTIMELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNTIMELY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILMNTUY - 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 UNTIME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found UNTIMELY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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