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INNKEEPER
Definition of INNKEEPER
noun
The person responsible for the running of an inn, usually the proprietor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English inkeper; equivalent to inn + keeper. Compare Middle English inholder (“innkeeper”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,164)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INNKEEPER · 1 relative 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.
INNKEEPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INNKEEPER starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEEIKNNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found INNKEEPER?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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