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INOCULATE

/ɪˈnɒkjuleɪt/9 letters

Definition of INOCULATE

verb

To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.

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Where it comes from

First attested in c. 1440; inherited from Middle English inoculaten (“to graft”), from Latin inoculātus, perfect passive participle of inoculō (“to ingraft an eye or bud of one plant into (another), implant”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + oculus (“an eye”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

INOCULATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 24 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
24
Boards found on
17
First board
102
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

balloonman

on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INOCULATE
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
9
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INOCULATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOTU - 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.

INOCULAINOCULUMINOCULANTINOCULUMSINOCULABLEINOCULANTSINOCULATEDINOCULATESINOCULATORINOCULATINGINOCULATIONINOCULATIVE

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