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INDIRECT
Definition of INDIRECT
adjective
Not direct: Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French indirect, from Late Latin indirectus (“not direct”).
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.
INDIRECT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
INDIRECT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEIINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INDIRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found INDIRECT?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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