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INCENSORY

/ˈɪn.sɛn.s(ə)ɹi/9 letters

Definition of INCENSORY

noun

Synonym of censer (“religious ornamental container for burning incense”).

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin incēnsōrium. First attested in 1598. By surface analysis, incense + -ory.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (26,318)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-ory

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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.

INCENSORY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 175
Its one board, across 175 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
172
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

xenkis

on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INCENSORY
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INCENSORY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEINNORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start INCENS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INCENSEINCENSEDINCENSERINCENSESINCENSORINCENSERSINCENSINGINCENSORSINCENSATIONINCENSEMENTINCENSORIES

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