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INAUGURAL
Definition of INAUGURAL
adjective
Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French inaugural, from inaugurer, from Latin augurare (“to take omens”).
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.
INAUGURAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INAUGURAL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAGILNRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and U appear more than once.
Words that start INAUGU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found INAUGURAL?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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