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IRES
Definition of IRES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of ire
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
IRES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found IRES?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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