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IRIDESCENT
Definition of IRIDESCENT
adjective
Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined around 1800, from Latin iris, iridis (“rainbow”) + -escent.
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.
IRIDESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IRIDESCENT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start IRIDES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IRIDESCENT?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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