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INCESSANT
Definition of INCESSANT
adjective
Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessantem, from Latin in- + cessāns.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INCESSANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
INCESSANT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEINNSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INCESS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INCESSANT?
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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