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INFER

/ɪnˈfɜː/5 letters

Definition of INFER

verb

To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

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Where it comes from

From Latin inferō, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”) (cognate to Old English beran, whence English bear), from Proto-Italic *ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *bʰer-. Literally “carry forward”, equivalent to “bear in”, as in concluding from a premise. Doublet of inbear.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

INFER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
34
First board
101
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

deimos

on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INFER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INFER starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFINR - 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 INFER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INFEREINFERSINFERNOINFERIAEINFERIORINFERNALINFERNOSINFERREDINFERRERINFERABLEINFERABLYINFERENCE

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