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INTROVERT
Definition of INTROVERT
noun
An organ or other body part that is or can be turned inside out, especially an anterior portion of some annelid worms capable of retraction.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin intrōvertere, from intro- (“within”) and vertere (“to turn”). Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung. By surface analysis, intro- + -vert.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,851)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INTROVERT · 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.
INTROVERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INTROVERT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EINORRTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and R appear more than once.
Words that start INTROV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INTROVERT?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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