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INLAY
Definition of INLAY
verb
To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- + lay.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INLAY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AILNY - 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 INLAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found INLAY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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