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ELBOWED

/ˈɛlbəʊd/7 letters

Definition of ELBOWED

verb

simple past and past participle of elbow

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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.

ELBOWED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 11 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
7
First board
109
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

ELBOWED
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ELBOWED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEELOW - 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.

Could you have found ELBOWED?

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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