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ALLOW
Definition of ALLOW
verb
To let one have as a suitable share of something.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English allowen, alowen, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman allouer, alouer, from Medieval Latin allaudāre, merged with alouer, from Medieval Latin allocō (“to assign”). Doublet of allaud (via allaudāre) or allocate (via allocāre). The similarity with Middle English alyfen (from Old English ālīefan) and German erlauben, both from Proto-Germanic *uzlaubijaną (“to allow”) is unrelated.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALLOW · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALLOW in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 154, 21 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ALLOW starts with A and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ALLOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ALLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALLOW?
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