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INSTITUTE

/ˈɪnstɪtjuːt/9 letters

Definition of INSTITUTE

noun

An organization founded to promote a cause

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Where it comes from

From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum.

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.

INSTITUTE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 106
Its one board, across 106 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

persephone

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INSTITUTE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INSTITUTE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIINSTTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.

Words that start INSTIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INSTITUTEDINSTITUTERINSTITUTESINSTITUTORINSTITORIALINSTITUTERSINSTITUTINGINSTITUTIONINSTITUTISTINSTITUTIVEINSTITUTORSINSTITUTIONS

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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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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