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INCEPTIVE

/ɪnˈsɛptɪv/9 letters

Definition of INCEPTIVE

adjective

Beginning; of or relating to inception.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French inceptif, from the Latin inceptīvus, from incipiō (“to begin”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

INCEPTIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 95
Its one board, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

siegeperilous

on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INCEPTIVE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start INCEPT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INCEPTINCEPTSINCEPTEDINCEPTORINCEPTINGINCEPTIONINCEPTORSINCEPTIONSINCEPTIVESINCEPTIVELY

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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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.

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