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UNTRACE
Definition of UNTRACE
verb
To remove from the traces; to unharness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + trace.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UNTRACE · 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.
UNTRACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNTRACE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACENRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UNTRAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNTRACE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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