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INKER

/ˈɪŋ.kə(ɹ)/5 letters

Definition of INKER

noun

A person or device that applies ink.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From ink + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

INKER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
70
First board
32
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.

First ever to find it

ddanno

on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INKER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INKER starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start INKER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found INKER?

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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.

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