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ERGS

4 letters

Definition of ERGS

noun

plural of erg

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

ERGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 10 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
35
First board
119
Latest board
37
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

ayakattackSUPPORTER

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ERGS
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ERGS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

GERSREGS

Could you have found ERGS?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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