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CONSUME
Definition of CONSUME
verb
To use up.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English consumen, from Old French consumer, from Latin cōnsūmere, cōnsūmō, from con- (“with, together”) + sūmō (“take; consume”), from sub- + emō (“to buy, take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- (“to take, distribute”), possibly related to the root *nem- (“to take or give one's due”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, CONSUME · 7 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONSUME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CONSUME starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEMNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CONSUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CONSUME?
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