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CONDUCE

/kənˈdjuːs/7 letters

Definition of CONDUCE

verb

To cause (something) to occur; to bring about. To contribute (something). To conduct or lead (someone or something). To advantage or benefit (someone or something).

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Where it comes from

From Late Middle English conducen (“to guide, lead; (surgery) to draw together (edges of a wound, or parts of a torn sinew); to set (a broken bone)”), borrowed from Latin condūcere, the present active infinitive of condūcō (“to bring, draw, or lead together, assemble, collect; to contribute to something by being useful, be of use, be conducive to”), from con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several things) + dūcō (“to conduct, guide, lead, lead away”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to draw, pull; to lead (pull behind oneself)”)). Doublet of conduct and conn.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

9.1%

of traced words share this origin (2,408)

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundcon-

Same root, CONDUCE · 2 relatives in the game

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CONDUCE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 131
Its one board, across 131 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

teg

on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CONDUCE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CONDUCE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CCDENOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.

Words that start CONDUC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CONDUCTCONDUCEDCONDUCERCONDUCESCONDUCTICONDUCTSCONDUCERSCONDUCINGCONDUCIVECONDUCTEDCONDUCTORCONDUCTUS

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