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INTONED
Definition of INTONED
verb
simple past and past participle of intone
INTONE
verb
To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
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Word DNA
INTONED inherits its ancestry from its root, INTONE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INTONE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INTONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INTONED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEINNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears 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 INTONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INTONED?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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