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ERELONG

/ɛəˈlɒŋ/7 letters

Definition of ERELONG

adverb

before long, soon.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From ere + long.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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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.

ERELONG in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 7 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
33
First board
92
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.

First ever to find it

phobrek

on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

ERELONG
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Could you have found ERELONG?

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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.

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