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INGROWTH
Definition of INGROWTH
noun
Growth inwards.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- + growth.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, INGROWTH · 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.
INGROWTH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
INGROWTH starts with I and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read GHINORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 INGROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found INGROWTH?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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