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EMBRASURE
Definition of EMBRASURE
noun
Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French embrasure, from embras(er) + -ure, from Old French embrasure (“cut at a slant, make a groove or furrow”), from em- + braser (“cut at a slant”).
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.
EMBRASURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBRASURE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEMRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start EMBRAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMBRASURE?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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