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UNVARNISHED
Definition of UNVARNISHED
adjective
Not having been coated with varnish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + varnished.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNVARNISHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNVARNISHED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHINNRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found UNVARNISHED?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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