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EMBOWER
Definition of EMBOWER
verb
To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Ultimately from Old English būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz. Cognate with German Bauer (“birdcage”), Old Norse búr, (whence Danish bur, Swedish bur (“cage”)). Equivalent to en- + bower.
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.
EMBOWER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EMBOWER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BEEMORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EMBOWE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found EMBOWER?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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