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ANCHORAGE
Definition of ANCHORAGE
noun
A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
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Where it comes from
From anchor + -age.
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.
ANCHORAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANCHORAGE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEGHNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ANCHOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ANCHORAGE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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