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INCIDENT

/ˈɪnsɪdənt/8 letters

Definition of INCIDENT

noun

An event or occurrence.

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Where it comes from

Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).

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.

INCIDENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 123
Its one board, across 123 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
33
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.

First ever to find it

bacontron

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INCIDENT
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start INCIDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INCIDENCEINCIDENTSINCIDENCESINCIDENTALINCIDENTALSINCIDENTALLY

Could you have found INCIDENT?

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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