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INADEQUATE
Definition of INADEQUATE
adjective
Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- + adequate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, INADEQUATE · 1 relative 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.
INADEQUATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INADEQUATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEEINQTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear 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.
Could you have found INADEQUATE?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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