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IDENTIFY
Definition of IDENTIFY
verb
To establish the identity of someone or something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.
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.
IDENTIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
IDENTIFY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEFIINTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IDENTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found IDENTIFY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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