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ELOPE
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).
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.
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
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 13
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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