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INTERNET
Definition of INTERNET
proper noun
Alternative letter-case form of Internet (“the specific internet consisting of a global network of computers that communicate using Internet Protocol (IP) and that use Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to identify the best paths to route those communications”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The noun is a variant of Internet. The verb is derived from the noun.
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.
INTERNET in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 103 days.
Built from these letters
INTERNET starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEINNRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N, T and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INTERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found INTERNET?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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