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INTERLOPES
Definition of INTERLOPES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of interlope
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Word DNA
INTERLOPES inherits its ancestry from its root, INTERLOPE.
How it is built
Same root, INTERLOPE · 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.
INTERLOPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INTERLOPES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEILNOPRST - 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 INTERLOPES?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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