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INCUBATOR
Definition of INCUBATOR
noun
Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From incubate + -or.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INCUBATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INCUBATOR starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABCINORTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found INCUBATOR?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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