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EELS
Definition of EELS
noun
plural of eel
EEL
noun
Any freshwater fish of the order Anguilliformes, which are elongated and resemble snakes.
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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.
EELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EELS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EELS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EELS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found EELS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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