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ELEMENTARY
Definition of ELEMENTARY
adjective
Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English elementare, from Latin elementārius (“elementary”), from elementum (“one of the four elements of antiquity; fundamentals”) + -ārius (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with French élémentaire. By surface analysis, element + -ary.
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.
ELEMENTARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELEMENTARY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEEELMNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ELEMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELEMENTARY?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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