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INCAUTION

/ɪnˈkɔːʃən/9 letters

Definition of INCAUTION

noun

A lack of caution.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From in- + caution.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompoundin-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

INCAUTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
28
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.

First ever to find it

binwizard

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INCAUTION
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

INCAUTION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACIINNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.

Words that start INCAUT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INCAUTIONSINCAUTIOUSINCAUTIOUSLYINCAUTIOUSNESS

Could you have found INCAUTION?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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