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INTERCOM
Definition of INTERCOM
noun
An independent, telephonic communication system, set up around and throughout a building, complex, or residence, typically for access control.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of intercommunicator.
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.
INTERCOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
INTERCOM starts with I and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INTERC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found INTERCOM?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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