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INDICES
Definition of INDICES
noun
plural of index
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin indicēs.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INDIC · 1 relative 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.
INDICES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 114 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INDICES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEIINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found INDICES?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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