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ENCHAINS
Definition of ENCHAINS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of enchain
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Word DNA
ENCHAINS inherits its ancestry from its root, ENCHAIN.
How it is built
Same root, ENCHAIN · 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.
ENCHAINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENCHAINS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHINNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start ENCHAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENCHAINS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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