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ENGLISH
Definition of ENGLISH
noun
Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in pool, billiards or bowling; spin, sidespin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain. It is speculated to relate either to people from England introducing the technique for billiards or bowling in the United States, or perhaps from a particular person with the surname English.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ENGLISH · 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.
ENGLISH in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ENGLISH starts with E and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EGHILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ENGLIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENGLISH?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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