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EARTHWORK
Definition of EARTHWORK
noun
Any structure made from earth, especially an embankment used for fortification or flood control.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earth + work. First attested in the 1630s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EARTHWORK · 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.
EARTHWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
Built from these letters
EARTHWORK starts with E and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AEHKORRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start EARTHW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EARTHWORK?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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