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INCUBA
Definition of INCUBA
noun
A female incubus.
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Where it comes from
A respelling of incubus, substituting the (Latin second-declension nominative singular) masculine case ending -us with its (first-declension) feminine equivalent -a; compare succuba, succubus.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INCUBA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 159, 26 October 2026.
Built from these letters
INCUBA starts with I and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABCINU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INCUBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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