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INGATHERS
Definition of INGATHERS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of ingather
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Word DNA
INGATHERS inherits its ancestry from its root, INGATHER.
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 (2,182)
branch · 22.4% 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.
INGATHERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 126, 23 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INGATHERS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INGATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INGATHERS?
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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