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IVORY
Definition of IVORY
noun
The hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants, walruses and other animals.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English yvory, ivorie, from Anglo-Norman ivurie, from Latin eboreus (“in or of ivory”) adjective of ebur (“ivory”) (genitive eboris), from Demotic Egyptian yb (“ivory, Elephantine”) (compare Coptic ⲓⲏⲃ (iēb, “Elephantine”)), from Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant, ivory, Elephantine”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *leb-. Displaced native Old English elpendbān (literally “elephant bone”).
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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.
IVORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
IVORY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read IORVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start IVORY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
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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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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