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URSINE
Definition of URSINE
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Mid 16th century, from Latin ursīnus, adjectival form of ursus (“bear”) + -ine.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
URSINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 97 boards so far. 488 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
URSINE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start URSINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found URSINE?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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