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INCOME

/ˈɪnˌkʌm/6 letters

Definition of INCOME

noun

Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English income, perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English incyme (“an in-coming, entrance”), equivalent to in- + come. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Íenkúumen (“income”), West Frisian ynkommen (“income”), Dutch inkomen, inkomst (“income, earnings, gainings”), German Low German Inkumst (“income”), German Einkommen, Einkunft (“income, earnings, competence”), Danish indkomst (“income”), Swedish inkomst (“income”), Icelandic innkváma (“income”).

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.

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
52
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.

First ever to find it

mzigs

on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INCOME
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INCOME starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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