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INROAD
Definition of INROAD
noun
An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The noun is derived from in + road (“(obsolete) act of riding on horseback; hostile ride against a particular area, raid”). The verb is derived from the noun.
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.
INROAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INROAD starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADINOR - 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.
Could you have found INROAD?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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