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EMBANK
Definition of EMBANK
verb
to put up a bank so as to confine or to defend
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From en- + bank.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EMBANK · 3 relatives 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.
EMBANK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EMBANK starts with E and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABEKMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EMBANK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found EMBANK?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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