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INOPERCULATE
Definition of INOPERCULATE
adjective
Having no operculum; said of certain gastropod shells.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- + operculate.
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.
INOPERCULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INOPERCULATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILNOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found INOPERCULATE?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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