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INSECTOLOGY
Definition of INSECTOLOGY
noun
The scientific study of insects.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French insectologie; equivalent to insect + -ology. Compare Latin īnsectum and īnsecta.
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.
INSECTOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 52, 11 July 2026.
Built from these letters
INSECTOLOGY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEGILNOOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found INSECTOLOGY?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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