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ENIGMATIC

/ˌɛnɪɡˈmætɪk/9 letters

Definition of ENIGMATIC

adjective

Pertaining to an enigma.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin aenigmaticus and French énigmatique, from Ancient Greek αἰνιγματικός (ainigmatikós); equivalent to enigma + -tic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

ENIGMATIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 99
Its 30 boards, across 99 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
30
Boards found on
8
First board
96
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

mollyborkon

on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ENIGMATIC
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ENIGMATIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEGIIMNT - 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 ENIGMA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ENIGMAENIGMASENIGMATAENIGMATISEENIGMATISTENIGMATIZEENIGMATICALENIGMATISEDENIGMATISESENIGMATISTSENIGMATIZEDENIGMATIZES

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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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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