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ELANCES
Definition of ELANCES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of elance
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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.
ELANCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 59 days.
Built from these letters
ELANCES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEELNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ELANCES?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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