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UNWIELDY
Definition of UNWIELDY
adjective
Lacking strength; weak.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English unweldy, equivalent to un- + wieldy. Cognate with Old Frisian unweldich, unweldech (“having no power, involuntary”), Middle Dutch onweldich (“having no control or mastery over”), Middle Low German unweldich (“unwieldy”). Compare also Old High German unwaltīg (“powerless”), whence Middle High German unwaltic, German ungewaltig (“powerless, unmighty”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UNWIELDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
UNWIELDY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEILNUWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNWIEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found UNWIELDY?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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