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INTERNAL

/ɪnˈtɜː.nəl/8 letters

Definition of INTERNAL

adjective

Of or situated on the inside.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English internall, internalle, borrowing from New Latin internālis (“of or pertaining to the inner part”), from internus (“inward, internal”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, intern + -al.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

32.5%

of traced words share this origin (8,639)

Italic

branch · 32.5% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-al

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Rarity score
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Tier
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INTERNAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 132
Its one board, across 132 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

zettawatt

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

INTERNAL
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

INTERNAL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEILNNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start INTERN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

INTERNINTERNEINTERNSINTERNEDINTERNEEINTERNESINTERNETINTERNALSINTERNEESINTERNETSINTERNINGINTERNIST

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