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INVOKE
Definition of INVOKE
verb
To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INVOKE · 2 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.
INVOKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INVOKE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKNOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INVOKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found INVOKE?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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