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INVOLUTED
Definition of INVOLUTED
verb
simple past and past participle of involute
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Other senses
INVOLUTED carries 4 further meanings.
Same as involute.
Having returned to the normal state: noting specifically the uterus after pregnancy.
Having undergone the retrograde processes peculiar to old age.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of involute.
Word DNA
INVOLUTED inherits its ancestry from its root, INVOLUTE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INVOLUTE · 2 relatives in the game
INVOLUTED in a sentence
“The denouement of "Ghost-Writer" is, in fact, reminiscent of Somerset Maugham, a no-nonsense writer who had no use for James's involuted ambiguities.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
INVOLUTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 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 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INVOLUTED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEILNOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of INVOLUTED. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start INVOLU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found INVOLUTED?
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