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ENCAGE

/ɪnˈkeɪdʒ/6 letters

Definition of ENCAGE

verb

To lock inside a cage; to imprison.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From en- + cage.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ENCAGE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
102
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

pumpkinSUPPORTER

on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ENCAGE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ENCAGE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start ENCAGE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ENCAGEDENCAGES

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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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.

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