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ELITE

/ɪˈliːt/5 letters

Definition of ELITE

adjective

Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle of elire, eslire (“to choose, elect”), from Latin eligere (“to choose, elect”), with past participle electus; see elect.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ELITE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 9 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
27
First board
101
Latest board
38
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Also on

Built from these letters

ELITE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start ELITE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ELITE?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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