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EDIFICATORY
Definition of EDIFICATORY
adjective
Tending to edification.
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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.
EDIFICATORY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 38, 27 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 68 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EDIFICATORY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFIIORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start EDIFICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found EDIFICATORY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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