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INFORMANT
Definition of INFORMANT
noun
One who relays confidential information to someone, especially to the police; an informer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From inform + -ant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, INFORM · 8 relatives 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.
INFORMANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFORMANT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AFIMNNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start INFORM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INFORMANT?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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