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INIMIC

/ɪˈnɪ.mɪk/6 letters

Definition of INIMIC

adjective

Inimical.

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Where it comes from

From Latin inimīcus. Doublet of enemy.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (26,276)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllables

Every Latin word → · 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.

INIMIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 173
Its one board, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
169
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

andrewb194

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

Built from these letters

INIMIC
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start INIMIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INIMICALINIMICABLEINIMICABLYINIMICALLYINIMICALITY

Could you have found INIMIC?

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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