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INSULA
Definition of INSULA
noun
A block of buildings in a Roman town.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin īnsula (“island”). Doublet of isle.
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.
INSULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INSULA starts with I and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AILNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 INSULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INSULA?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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