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IGNESCENT
Definition of IGNESCENT
adjective
Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin ignescens, present participle of ignescere (“to become inflamed”), from ignis (“fire”): compare French ignescent. By surface analysis, Latin ign- + -escent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IGNESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IGNESCENT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start IGNESC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IGNESCENT?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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