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ENTRENCH
Definition of ENTRENCH
verb
To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon. To dig or excavate a trench; to trench. To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From en- + trench. First attested in the 1550s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ENTRENCH · 1 relative 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.
ENTRENCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENTRENCH starts with E and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEEHNNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start ENTREN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENTRENCH?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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