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INOCULAR
Definition of INOCULAR
adjective
Inserted in the corner of the eye, like the antenna of certain insects.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- + ocular.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INOCULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INOCULAR starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACILNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INOCUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INOCULAR?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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