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INFECTERS
Definition of INFECTERS
noun
plural of infecter
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Word DNA
INFECTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, INFECTER.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INFECTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 57 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFECTERS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEFINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 INFECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INFECTERS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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