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UVULAR
Definition of UVULAR
adjective
Of or relating to the uvula.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
UVULAR carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Of, relating to, or associated with the uvula.
adjective
Articulated by vibration of the uvula or with the back of the tongue near or touching the uvula.
Of or pertaining to the uvula: as, uvular mucous membrane; uvular movements. Made with the uvula: said of r when produced by vibration of the uvula instead of by that of the tongue-tip, as commonly in parts of France and Germany and elsewhere.
adjective
Of or pertaining to a uvula.
Where it comes from
From Latin ūvulāris. By surface analysis, uvula + -ar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UVULAR · 1 relative in the game
UVULAR in a sentence
“I however consider myself to be anglicizing the whole name, but I certainly agree that saying it with no final /t/ wd be as pretentious as using a uvular r for the word.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
UVULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 437 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UVULAR starts with U and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ALRUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found UVULAR?
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