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ENFILADE
Definition of ENFILADE
noun
A line or straight passage, or the position of that which lies in a straight line.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French enfilade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,108)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENFILADE · 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.
ENFILADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ENFILADE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ENFILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found ENFILADE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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