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EMBOWERING
Definition of EMBOWERING
verb
present participle and gerund of embower
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Word DNA
EMBOWERING inherits its ancestry from its root, EMBOWER.
How it is built
Same root, EMBOWER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Old English, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMBOWERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBOWERING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEEGIMNORW - 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.
Could you have found EMBOWERING?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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