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ENVELOPE
Definition of ENVELOPE
noun
A paper or cardboard wrapper used to enclose small, flat items, especially letters, for mailing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French enveloppe. The engineering sense is derived from flight envelope. The verb is from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,548)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENVELOPE · 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.
ENVELOPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 64 days.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ENVELOPE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEELNOPV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ENVELO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENVELOPE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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