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EMBATTLE

/ɛmˈbæ.təl/8 letters

Definition of EMBATTLE

verb

To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”).

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.

EMBATTLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

mediumrare

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EMBATTLE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EMBATTLE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEELMTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start EMBATT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EMBATTLEDEMBATTLESEMBATTLINGEMBATTLEMENTEMBATTLEMENTS

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