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INOCULUM
Definition of INOCULUM
noun
The active material used in an inoculation; an inoculant (i.e., a material or a dose thereof).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin inoculum.
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.
INOCULUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
INOCULUM starts with I and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CILMNOUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears 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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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