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INCENDIARY
Definition of INCENDIARY
adjective
Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English incendiarie, from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendiārius (“setting alight”), from incendium (“destructive fire”), from incendō (“to set on fire, kindle”), from in- (“into, in, on, upon”) + candeō (“to be hot”).
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.
INCENDIARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INCENDIARY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIINNRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start INCEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INCENDIARY?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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