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INNERVE
Definition of INNERVE
verb
To innervate
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From in- + nerve.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
INNERVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INNERVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEINNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 INNERV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INNERVE?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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