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INVESTITURE
Definition of INVESTITURE
noun
The act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French investiture, from Medieval Latin investītūra, from investīre (“to clothe”).
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.
INVESTITURE 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
INVESTITURE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIINRSTTUV - 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 INVESTITURE?
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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