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ENGROOVED
Definition of ENGROOVED
verb
simple past and past participle of engroove
ENGROOVE
verb
To fit into a groove; to channel
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Word DNA
ENGROOVED inherits its ancestry from its root, ENGROOVE.
How it is built
Same root, ENGROOVE · 1 relative 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.
ENGROOVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 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
ENGROOVED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEGNOORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ENGROO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENGROOVED?
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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