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INCUBATION
Definition of INCUBATION
noun
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin incubātiō, from incubō (“to lie on”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INCUBATION · 1 relative 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.
INCUBATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INCUBATION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCIINNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start INCUBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INCUBATION?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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