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EMBLAZON
Definition of EMBLAZON
verb
To adorn with prominent markings.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From en- + blazon, from Old French blason (“shield”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMBLAZON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBLAZON starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABELMNOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EMBLAZ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found EMBLAZON?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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