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ENGRAILED
Definition of ENGRAILED
adjective
Having an edge or border indented with semicircles with points outwards (and convex part inwards).
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Word DNA
ENGRAILED inherits its ancestry from its root, ENGRAIL.
How it is built
Same root, ENGRAIL · 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.
ENGRAILED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENGRAILED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENGRAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found ENGRAILED?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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