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ENDOWS
Definition of ENDOWS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of endow
verb
To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
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Word DNA
ENDOWS inherits its ancestry from its root, ENDOW.
Line of descent
5 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, ENDOW · 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.
ENDOWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENDOWS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DENOSW - 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.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found ENDOWS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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