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ELBOWS

/ˈɛl.bəʊz/6 letters

Definition of ELBOWS

noun

plural of elbow

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ELBOWS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 6 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
48
First board
110
Latest board
34
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.

Built from these letters

ELBOWS
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ELBOWS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BELOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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 ELBOWS?

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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.

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