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ELEGY
Definition of ELEGY
noun
A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,104)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ELEGY · 5 relatives 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.
ELEGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 68 boards so far. 394 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ELEGY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEGLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found ELEGY?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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