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INADEQUACY
Definition of INADEQUACY
noun
The state of being inadequate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From inadequate + -cy or in- + adequacy.
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.
INADEQUACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INADEQUACY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACDEINQUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start INADEQ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found INADEQUACY?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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