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ENQUIRY
Definition of ENQUIRY
noun
British form of inquiry.
noun
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inquīrō, composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). The alternative form inquiry was subsequently respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, ENQUIRY · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ENQUIRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ENQUIRY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EINQRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ENQUIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found ENQUIRY?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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