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ENAMOR
Definition of ENAMOR
verb
To cause to be in love.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English enamouren, a late back-formation from enamoured, itself a partial calque of Old French enamore, past participle of enamorer, enamourer, equivalent to prefix en- + amor + -er. See amour, and compare inamorato.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (836)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENAMOR · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ENAMOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 91, 19 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ENAMOR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENAMOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ENAMOR?
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