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INCUBOUS
Definition of INCUBOUS
adjective
Describing an arrangement of leaves such that distal (anterior) parts of older leaves overlap the proximal (posterior) parts of younger ones.
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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.
INCUBOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INCUBOUS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCINOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found INCUBOUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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