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INERTIA
Definition of INERTIA
noun
The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled, inactive”), from in- (“without, not”) + ars (“skill, art”). Something close to the modern physics sense was first used in New Latin by Johannes Kepler.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INERTIA · 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.
INERTIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INERTIA starts with I and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEIINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start INERTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found INERTIA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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