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INCAUTIOUS
Definition of INCAUTIOUS
adjective
careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- (negative prefix) + cautious.
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.
INCAUTIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
INCAUTIOUS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIINOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and U appear more than once.
Words that start INCAUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INCAUTIOUS?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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