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INOSCULATE
Definition of INOSCULATE
verb
To homogenize; to make continuous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1672; from in- + osculate or its Latin etymon ōsculātus, perfect active participle of Latin osculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from ōsculum (“a kiss”). The adjective is a back-formation from inosculation, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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.
INOSCULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INOSCULATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INOSCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found INOSCULATE?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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