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INSTRUCT
Definition of INSTRUCT
verb
To teach by giving instructions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin īnstrūctus, perfect passive participle of īnstruō (“I instruct; I arrange, furnish, or provide”).
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.
INSTRUCT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INSTRUCT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CINRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start INSTRU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INSTRUCT?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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