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ICTUS
Definition of ICTUS
noun
The pulse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ictus (“a blow”), from īco (“to hit, strike”).
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.
ICTUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ICTUS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CISTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ICTUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found ICTUS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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