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ELDER
Definition of ELDER
adjective
comparative degree of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English eldre, from Old English eldra, yldra, ieldra, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. The vowel change from a to e triggered by the following i is called umlaut or I-mutation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ELDER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEELR - 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 ELDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ELDER?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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