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INTRO
Definition of INTRO
noun
An introduction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of introduction, from Latin intrōductiō (“lead-in, introduction”) – the abbreviation removes the second part of the compound; the first part ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). The demoscene sense comes from the fact that they were originally prepended to pirated copies of computer games.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, INTRO · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INTRO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INTRO starts with I and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read INORT - 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 INTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found INTRO?
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