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EDIFICATORY
Definition of EDIFICATORY
adjective
Tending to edification.
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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.
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 113 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.
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 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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