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INCRUSTED
Definition of INCRUSTED
adjective
Alternative spelling of encrusted.
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Word DNA
INCRUSTED inherits its ancestry from its root, ENCRUST.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENCRUST · 4 relatives 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.
INCRUSTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
INCRUSTED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEINRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INCRUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found INCRUSTED?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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