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ELOTES
Definition of ELOTES
Wiktionary has no entry for ELOTES itself. This is its base word, ELOTE.
noun
Corn (maize) harvested before reaching full maturity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ELOTE.
Borrowed from Spanish elote (“fresh ear of corn”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (965)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ELOTE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELOTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELOTES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EELOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found ELOTES?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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