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INTERMEDIACY
Definition of INTERMEDIACY
noun
The condition of being intermediate
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From intermediate + -cy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INTERMEDIACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 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
INTERMEDIACY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIIMNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start INTERMED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INTERMEDIACY?
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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