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INEXTRICABLE
Definition of INEXTRICABLE
adjective
Impossible to untie or disentangle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French inextricable, from Latin inextricabilis.
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.
INEXTRICABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INEXTRICABLE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEIILNRTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start INEXTRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INEXTRICABLE?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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