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INTUMESCED
Definition of INTUMESCED
verb
simple past and past participle of intumesce
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Word DNA
INTUMESCED inherits its ancestry from its root, INTUMESCE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INTUMESCE · 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.
INTUMESCED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
INTUMESCED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIMNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start INTUME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INTUMESCED?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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