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ILLOCUTE
Definition of ILLOCUTE
verb
To perform an illocutionary act.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from illocution.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ILLOCUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ILLOCUTE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEILLOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 ILLOCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ILLOCUTE?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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