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ILLUSORY
Definition of ILLUSORY
adjective
Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French illusorie (modern French illusoire), derived from Latin illūsōrius (“mocking, ironical”).
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.
ILLUSORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ILLUSORY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ILLORSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ILLUSO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ILLUSORY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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