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EAVESDROP
Definition of EAVESDROP
verb
To hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From eaves + drop; the "listening" sense derives from the notion of the listener standing in the area denoted by the physical sense.
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.
EAVESDROP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EAVESDROP starts with E and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ADEEOPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EAVESD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found EAVESDROP?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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