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INFLAMES
Definition of INFLAMES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of inflame
verb
To set (someone or something) on fire; to cause (someone or something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle.
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Word DNA
INFLAMES inherits its ancestry from its root, INFLAME.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,608)
How it is built
Same root, INFLAME · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INFLAMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 86, 14 August 2026.
Built from these letters
INFLAMES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFILMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 INFLAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INFLAMES?
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