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INELUCTABLE
Definition of INELUCTABLE
adjective
Impossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French inéluctable (whence in- + e- and -able), from Latin inēlūctābilis, from in- + ēlūctor (“struggle out”) + -bilis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle 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 (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INELUCTABLE · 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.
INELUCTABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INELUCTABLE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEILLNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once.
Words that start INELUCT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INELUCTABLE?
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