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INVESTIGATORY
Definition of INVESTIGATORY
adjective
Aimed at investigating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From investigate + -ory.
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.
INVESTIGATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
INVESTIGATORY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGIINORSTTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start INVESTIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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