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INOCULOUS
Definition of INOCULOUS
adjective
Misconstruction of innocuous.
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Where it comes from
The catachrestic sense is by near-soundalike misconstruction. The noncatachrestic sense is, by surface analysis, inocul(um) + -ous.
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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.
INOCULOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 170, 6 November 2026.
Built from these letters
INOCULOUS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CILNOOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Words that start INOCUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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