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INFLATE
Definition of INFLATE
verb
To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
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Where it comes from
From Latin īnflātus, perfect passive participle of īnflō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of inblow.
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.
INFLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFLATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INFLAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found INFLATE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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