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ESCAPEMENT
Definition of ESCAPEMENT
noun
The linkage in a (watch) that gives impulses to the timekeeping element and periodically releases the gear train to move forward, advancing the clock's hands.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From escape + -ment. The watch component is so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESCAPEMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESCAPEMENT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEEEMNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ESCAPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESCAPEMENT?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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