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ELOPE

/ɪˈləʊp/5 letters

Definition of ELOPE

verb

Of a married or engaged person, to run away from home with a paramour.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Anglo-Norman aloper (“to abduct, run away”), itself borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *andihlaupan (“to run away”). Equivalent to and- + lope as well as and- + leap (these being doublets). More at lope.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

ELOPE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 121
Its 29 boards, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
29
Boards found on
13
First board
120
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

mollyborkon

on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

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

Words that start ELOPE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ELOPE?

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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.

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