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INDEW
Definition of INDEW
verb
Obsolete spelling of endue.
verb
Senses relating to covering or putting on. Of a person or thing: to take on (a different form); to adopt, to assume. To put on (a piece of clothing, etc.); to wear; also (followed by with), to clothe (someone) with something. To put (something) on top of a thing; to cover, to overlay.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INDEW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INDEW starts with I and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read DEINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INDEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INDEW?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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