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ELANDS
Definition of ELANDS
noun
plural of eland
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Word DNA
ELANDS inherits its ancestry from its root, ELAND.
Line of descent
- German
- Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,654)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ELAND · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELANDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELANDS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADELNS - 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.
Could you have found ELANDS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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