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EAVESTROUGH
Definition of EAVESTROUGH
noun
A trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof; gutter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1813 eaves-trough, 1817 eave trough, 1870 eavestrough, from eaves + trough.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EAVESTROUGH in OUTLIER
It has fitted 32 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 82 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EAVESTROUGH starts with E and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHORSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found EAVESTROUGH?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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