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INSTIL

/ɪnˈstɪl/6 letters

Definition of INSTIL

verb

Australia, Ireland, and UK standard spelling of instill.

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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.

INSTIL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 4 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
40
First board
83
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.

First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.

Built from these letters

INSTIL
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INSTIL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read IILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start INSTIL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INSTILLINSTILSINSTILLSINSTILLEDINSTILLERINSTILLERSINSTILLINGINSTILMENTINSTILLMENTINSTILMENTSINSTILLATIONINSTILLMENTS

Could you have found INSTIL?

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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.

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