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INSECTILE
Definition of INSECTILE
adjective
of, or pertaining to insects
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin īnsectum (“insect”) + -ile, from the neuter of Latin -ilis (adjective-forming suffix), after reptile.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
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.
INSECTILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INSECTILE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
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 INSECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INSECTILE?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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