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ELEVEN
Definition of ELEVEN
noun
NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 11, used only with o'clock to indicate direction.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.
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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.
ELEVEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ELEVEN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEELNV - 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 ELEVEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELEVEN?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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