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EMBOLDEN
Definition of EMBOLDEN
verb
To render (someone) bolder or more courageous; to encourage, to hearten.
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Where it comes from
From bold (adjective) + em- -en (variant of en- -en (circumfix forming transitive verbs denoting an increase in, or intensification of, the quality denoted by the enclosed word)). Compare Middle English embolden, enbolden (“to make bold, encourage”) (modern English embold, enbold, imbold (obsolete)), and inboldysshen (“to embolden, encourage”).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EMBOLDEN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMBOLDEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBOLDEN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BDEELMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EMBOLD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found EMBOLDEN?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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