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INVADE
Definition of INVADE
verb
To move into.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin invādō (“enter, invade”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INVADE · 3 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.
INVADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
INVADE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEINV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INVADE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found INVADE?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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