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ELENCTIC
Definition of ELENCTIC
adjective
Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἐλενκτικός (elenktikós, “refutative”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELENCTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELENCTIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCEEILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and C appear more than once.
Could you have found ELENCTIC?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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