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INFLEX
Definition of INFLEX
verb
To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare flex, inflect.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, INFLEX · 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.
INFLEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFLEX starts with I and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read EFILNX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start INFLEX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INFLEX?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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