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ENCORE
Definition of ENCORE
noun
A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,168)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENCORE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ENCORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ENCORE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEENOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found ENCORE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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