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AMBAGES

/ˈam.bɪ.d͡ʒɪz/7 letters

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).

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Revealed only in play
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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.

Day 1Day 122
Its 3 boards, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
33
First board
82
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

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

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on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AMBAGES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

AMBAGE

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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