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INTRUDE
Definition of INTRUDE
verb
To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INTRUDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INTRUDE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEINRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INTRUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found INTRUDE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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