The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
IMPLICATURE
Definition of IMPLICATURE
noun
An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by British philosopher Paul Grice before or in 1967.
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.
IMPLICATURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPLICATURE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILMPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPLICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found IMPLICATURE?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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