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ELASTOMER
Definition of ELASTOMER
noun
Any polymer having the elastic properties of rubber.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From elastic + -mer.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ELASTOMER · 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.
ELASTOMER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ELASTOMER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEELMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ELASTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELASTOMER?
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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