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INULA
Definition of INULA
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Inula, such as elecampane.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin inula. Compare elecampane.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INULA · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 99 days.
Built from these letters
INULA starts with I and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AILNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INULA?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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