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INFLUX
Definition of INFLUX
noun
A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin īnflūxus (“inflow; influence”), from īnfluō (“flow or run into”).
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.
INFLUX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INFLUX starts with I and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read FILNUX - 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 INFLUX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found INFLUX?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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