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INVOLUTE
Definition of INVOLUTE
adjective
Difficult to understand; complicated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin involutus.
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
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INVOLUTE · 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.
INVOLUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 149 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INVOLUTE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILNOTUV - 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.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found INVOLUTE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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