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EMBROIL
Definition of EMBROIL
verb
To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
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Where it comes from
The verb is borrowed from French embrouiller (“to entangle”), from em- (a variant of en- (prefix meaning ‘in; into’)) + brouiller (“to confuse, mix up”) (ultimately from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre, from *brodicāre, from Late Latin brodium (“broth, stew; mixture”), from Frankish *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“stock, broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”)). The noun is derived from the verb.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, EMBROIL · 4 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMBROIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EMBROIL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BEILMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EMBROI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found EMBROIL?
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