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ELKS
Definition of ELKS
noun
plural of elk
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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.
ELKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELKS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found ELKS?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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