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UTENSIL
Definition of UTENSIL
noun
An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English utensyl, from Old French utensile, from Latin ūtēnsilis (“useful, usable”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% 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.
UTENSIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 235 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UTENSIL starts with U and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EILNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start UTENSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found UTENSIL?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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