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INVOLUCRA
Definition of INVOLUCRA
noun
plural of involucrum
noun
A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone.
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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.
INVOLUCRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
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
INVOLUCRA starts with I and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACILNORUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INVOLU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INVOLUCRA?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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