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INSCRIBE
Definition of INSCRIBE
verb
To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).
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.
INSCRIBE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INSCRIBE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start INSCRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found INSCRIBE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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