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INCURABLE
Definition of INCURABLE
adjective
Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French incurable, from Late Latin incurabilis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INCURABLE · 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.
INCURABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INCURABLE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEILNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INCURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found INCURABLE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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