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INGATHER
Definition of INGATHER
verb
To collect or gather in
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ingaderen (“To drive (enemy troops) into a trap”), equivalent to in- + gather.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INGATHER · 2 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.
INGATHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 76 days.
Built from these letters
INGATHER starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGHINRT - 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 INGATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INGATHER?
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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