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INVESTIGATE
Definition of INVESTIGATE
verb
To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Recorded since circa 1510, a back-formation from investigation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin investīgātiō (“a searching into”), from investīgātus, the perfect passive participle of investīgō, equivalent to in- + vestigate. Displaced native Old English undersēċan (literally “to search under or between”).
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.
INVESTIGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INVESTIGATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGIINSTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, E and T appear more than once.
Words that start INVESTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INVESTIGATE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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