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INTERPLAY
Definition of INTERPLAY
noun
Interaction; reciprocal relationship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From inter- + play.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, INTERPLAY · 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.
INTERPLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INTERPLAY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILNPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 INTERP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found INTERPLAY?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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