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EMBARK
Definition of EMBARK
verb
To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French embarquer, from em- + barque (“small ship”). Compare with Portuguese embarcar, Spanish abarcar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (852)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EMBARK · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMBARK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
EMBARK starts with E and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABEKMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EMBARK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found EMBARK?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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