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EMBROILING
Definition of EMBROILING
verb
present participle and gerund of embroil
verb
To bring (something) into a state of confusion or uproar; to complicate, to confuse, to jumble.
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Word DNA
EMBROILING inherits its ancestry from its root, EMBROIL.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, EMBROIL · 5 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.
EMBROILING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBROILING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGIILMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start EMBROI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found EMBROILING?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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