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ENGIRDLES
Definition of ENGIRDLES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of engirdle
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Word DNA
ENGIRDLES inherits its ancestry from its root, ENGIRDLE.
How it is built
Same root, ENGIRDLE · 1 relative 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.
ENGIRDLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENGIRDLES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEGILNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENGIRD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENGIRDLES?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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