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ENLIST
Definition of ENLIST
verb
To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From en- + list.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ENLIST · 3 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.
ENLIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ENLIST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENLIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found ENLIST?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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