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EMBRASURE

/ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/9 letters

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).

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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.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

livemouse

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EMBRASURE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

EMBRASOREMBRASORSEMBRASUREDEMBRASURES

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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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