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ENLARGES
Definition of ENLARGES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of enlarge
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Word DNA
ENLARGES inherits its ancestry from its root, ENLARGE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (829)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENLARGE · 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.
ENLARGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENLARGES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENLARG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENLARGES?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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