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AMBAGES
Definition of AMBAGES
noun
Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ambages, from Old French ambages (modern French ambages), from Latin ambāges, from ambi- + agere (“to drive”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AMBAGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMBAGES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABEGMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AMBAGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found AMBAGES?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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