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EARTHLINGS
Definition of EARTHLINGS
noun
plural of earthling
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EARTHL · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EARTHLINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EARTHLINGS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILNRST - 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 EARTHL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found EARTHLINGS?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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