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INTERCEPT
Definition of INTERCEPT
verb
To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin interceptum, past participle of intercipiō.
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.
INTERCEPT 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 5 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
INTERCEPT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEINPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start INTERC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INTERCEPT?
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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