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ESCALATOR
Definition of ESCALATOR
noun
Anything that escalates.
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Where it comes from
By genericization from the former trademark Escalator, created by American inventor Charles Seeberger in 1900, from Latin ē- (“from, out of”) + scala (“ladder”) + -tor, which forms nouns of agency; see the appendix. Broader usage may be influenced by its derivative escalate, by surface analysis, escalate + -or. For an alternative etymology, see the Online Etymology Dictionary.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESCALATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESCALATOR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACELORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ESCALA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ESCALATOR?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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