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EMBOILED
Definition of EMBOILED
verb
simple past and past participle of emboil
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Word DNA
EMBOILED inherits its ancestry from its root, EMBOIL.
How it is built
Same root, EMBOIL · 2 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.
EMBOILED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBOILED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEEILMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EMBOIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMBOILED?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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