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ENGRAIN
Definition of ENGRAIN
verb
Alternative spelling of ingrain.
INGRAIN
verb
To dye with a fast or lasting colour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the French phrase en grain. See grain (“cochineal dye”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,903)
branch · 15.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ENGRAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENGRAIN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEGINNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENGRAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENGRAIN?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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