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INCUMBENCY
Definition of INCUMBENCY
noun
The state of being incumbent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From incumbent + -cy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, INCUMBENT · 2 relatives 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.
INCUMBENCY 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 16 days.
Built from these letters
INCUMBENCY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCCEIMNNUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and C appear more than once.
Words that start INCUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INCUMBENCY?
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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