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INSECURE

/ɪnsəˈkjʊə(ɹ)/8 letters

Definition of INSECURE

adjective

Not secure.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From in- + secure, or from Medieval Latin insēcūrus, itself from in- (“in-, un-, non-”) + sēcūrus (“safe, certain”). Piecewise doublet of unsecure and unsure.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Tier
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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.

INSECURE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 6 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
29
First board
98
Latest board
46
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.

Built from these letters

INSECURE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INSECURE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 INSECU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INSECURELYINSECURITYINSECURENESSINSECURITIESINSECURENESSES

Could you have found INSECURE?

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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.

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