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ELDEST

/ˈɛldɪst/6 letters

Definition of ELDEST

adjective

superlative form of old: most old; greatest in age or seniority.

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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

ELDEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
37
First board
99
Latest board
62
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ELDEST
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ELDEST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEELST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

LESTEDSTEELD

Could you have found ELDEST?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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