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ENGROSS
Definition of ENGROSS
verb
To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English engrossen, from Anglo-Norman engrosser (“to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form”); partly from the phrase en gros (“in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale”), from en- + gros; and partly from Medieval Latin ingrossō (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.), from in- + grossus (“great, big, thick”), from Old High German grōz (“big, thick, coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). More at in-, gross. By surface analysis, en- + gross.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ENGROSS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENGROSS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGNORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ENGROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENGROSS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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