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INHIBITER

9 letters

Definition of INHIBITER

noun

Alternative form of inhibitor.

INHIBITOR

noun

One who, or that which, inhibits.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From inhibit + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-er

Same root, INHIBIT · 9 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

INHIBITER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its one board, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
169
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

amyphun

on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INHIBITER
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INHIBITER starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEHIIINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start INHIBI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INHIBININHIBITINHIBINSINHIBITSINHIBITEDINHIBITORINHIBITERSINHIBITINGINHIBITIONINHIBITIVEINHIBITORSINHIBITORY

Could you have found INHIBITER?

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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.

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