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ENTOURAGE

/ˈɒn.tʊ.ɹɑːʒ/9 letters

Definition of ENTOURAGE

noun

A retinue of attendants, associates or followers.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French entourage, from entourer (“to surround”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

5.3%

of traced words share this origin (4,168)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, ENTOURAGE · 1 relative in the game

Every French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ENTOURAGE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 160
Its 34 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
34
Boards found on
20
First board
159
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

lalabeth

on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ENTOURAGE
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ENTOURAGE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start ENTOUR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ENTOURAGE?

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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.

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