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ALLIES

/ˈælaɪz/6 letters

Definition of ALLIES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of ally

ALLY

verb

To unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty. Chiefly followed by to or with: to connect or form a relation to (someone or something) by similarity in features or nature. To join or unite (oneself or itself) against, with, etc., someone or something else.

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Word DNA

ALLIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ALLY.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. Old French
  4. Middle French
  5. Anglo-Norman
  6. Middle English
  7. English

6 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,895)

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundad-al-

Same root, ALLY · 2 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ALLIES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
167
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

anneleea

on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ALLIES
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ALLIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEILLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found ALLIES?

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