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INTAKE
Definition of INTAKE
noun
The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From English dialectal (Northern England/Scotland), deverbal of take in, equivalent to in- + take. More at in-, take.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INTAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INTAKE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found INTAKE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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