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CONFUSE
Definition of CONFUSE
verb
To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.
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.
CONFUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
CONFUSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEFNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CONFUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found CONFUSE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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