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UNWORSTED
Definition of UNWORSTED
adjective
Not having been worsted; not having come off worse in a struggle or dispute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + worsted.
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.
UNWORSTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNWORSTED starts with U and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DENORSTUW - 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 UNWORS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNWORSTED?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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