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INFLUENT
Definition of INFLUENT
noun
A stream which flows into another stream or a lake.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin influent-, the present participle stem of īnfluere.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
INFLUENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFLUENT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFILNNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start INFLUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INFLUENT?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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