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INDEXICAL
Definition of INDEXICAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or like, an index; having the form of an index.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From index + -ical.
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.
INDEXICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INDEXICAL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIILNX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start INDEXI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found INDEXICAL?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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