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INCITE
Definition of INCITE
verb
To call into action.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INCITE · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INCITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
INCITE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start INCITE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found INCITE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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