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INVOLUCRES
Definition of INVOLUCRES
noun
plural of involucre
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Word DNA
INVOLUCRES inherits its ancestry from its root, INVOLUCRE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INVOLUCRE · 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.
INVOLUCRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INVOLUCRES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILNORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INVOLU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INVOLUCRES?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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