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INSECTOLOGY

11 letters

Definition of INSECTOLOGY

noun

The scientific study of insects.

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Where it comes from

From French insectologie; equivalent to insect + -ology. Compare Latin īnsectum and īnsecta.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

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Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 5 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
52
First board
100
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

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
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

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