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INDUBIOUS

/ɪnˈdjuːbiəs/9 letters

Definition of INDUBIOUS

adjective

Not dubious or doubtful; certain.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Derived from Latin indubius. By surface analysis, in- + dubious.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.5%

of traced words share this origin (24,890)

Italic

branch · 30.5% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompoundin-

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

INDUBIOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 164
Its 12 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
34
First board
138
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.

Built from these letters

INDUBIOUS
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

INDUBIOUS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDIINOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and U appear more than once.

Words that start INDUBI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INDUBITABLEINDUBITABLYINDUBITABILITYINDUBITABLENESS

Could you have found INDUBIOUS?

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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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