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ILLUSIONARY
Definition of ILLUSIONARY
adjective
Illusory; pertaining to an illusion, or of the nature of an illusion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From illusion + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ILLUSION · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ILLUSIONARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ILLUSIONARY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AIILLNORSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ILLUSIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ILLUSIONARY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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