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ENTICE
Definition of ENTICE
verb
To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English enticen, from Old French enticier (“to stir up or excite”), from a Vulgar Latin *intitiāre (“I set on fire”), from in- + titiō (“firebrand (tool)”), from Proto-Italic *tītjō (“heating”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *teih₁- (“to become hot, melt or to end”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, ENTICE · 5 relatives 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.
ENTICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ENTICE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ENTICE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENTICE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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