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EARN
Definition of EARN
verb
To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ernen, from Old English earnian, from Proto-West Germanic *aʀanōn, from Proto-Germanic *azanōną. This verb is denominal from the noun *azaniz (“harvest”).
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.
EARN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EARN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AENR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EARN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found EARN?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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