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INTERLACE
Definition of INTERLACE
noun
A decorative element found especially in early medieval art
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (829)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
INTERLACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INTERLACE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 INTERL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INTERLACE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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