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INCENT

/ɪnˈsɛnt/6 letters

Definition of INCENT

verb

To provide an incentive to (a person or organization).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Back-formation from incentive. Clipping of incentivize

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

INCENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 141
Its one board, across 141 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

traceyk

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

Built from these letters

INCENT
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start INCENT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INCENTSINCENTEDINCENTERINCENTREINCENTERSINCENTINGINCENTIVEINCENTRESINCENTIVESINCENTIVELYINCENTIVISEINCENTIVIZE

Could you have found INCENT?

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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