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ILIAC
Definition of ILIAC
adjective
Relating to the ilium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French iliaque, from Late Latin īliacus, Latin īlium.
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.
ILIAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ILIAC starts with I and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIIL - 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.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found ILIAC?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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