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EMBAYED
Definition of EMBAYED
verb
simple past and past participle of embay
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Word DNA
EMBAYED inherits its ancestry from its root, EMBAY.
How it is built
Same root, EMBAY · 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.
EMBAYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBAYED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found EMBAYED?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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