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INTERPRETS
Definition of INTERPRETS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of interpret
verb
To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.
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Word DNA
INTERPRETS inherits its ancestry from its root, INTERPRET.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INTERPRET · 1 relative 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.
INTERPRETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INTERPRETS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEINPRRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and R appear more than once.
Words that start INTERP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INTERPRETS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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