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ENQUIRY

/ɪnˈkwaɪə.ɹi/7 letters

Definition of ENQUIRY

noun

British form of inquiry.

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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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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 11 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 11 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
10
First board
101
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.

Built from these letters

ENQUIRY
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

ENQUIREENQUIREDENQUIRERENQUIRESENQUIRERSENQUIRIESENQUIRINGENQUIRATION

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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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