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ELAIN
Definition of ELAIN
noun
eleoptene
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 68 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELAIN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ELAIN?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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