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INUTILE
Definition of INUTILE
adjective
useless; unprofitable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French inutile, from Latin inutilis. Philippine usage is likely from Tagalog inutil, from Spanish inútil, from the same source. By surface analysis, in- + utile.
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.
INUTILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INUTILE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIILNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start INUTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found INUTILE?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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