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INSTITUTE
Definition of INSTITUTE
noun
An organization founded to promote a cause
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Where it comes from
From French institut, from Middle French, from Latin īnstitūtum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INSTITUTE · 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.
INSTITUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INSTITUTE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIINSTTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start INSTIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INSTITUTE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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