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INCREASE
Definition of INCREASE
verb
(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English encresen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman encreistre, from Latin increscere (“to increase”), from in (“in, on”) + crescō (“grow”). The noun is from Middle English encres, from the verb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INCREASE · 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.
INCREASE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 47 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
INCREASE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INCREA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INCREASE?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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