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ENTRENCHED
Definition of ENTRENCHED
verb
simple past and past participle 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.
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Word DNA
ENTRENCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, ENTRENCH.
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.
ENTRENCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 169, 5 November 2026.
Built from these letters
ENTRENCHED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEEHNNRT - 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 ENTRENCHED?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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