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ESCAPER
Definition of ESCAPER
noun
A person who escapes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From escape + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ESCAPE · 11 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESCAPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ESCAPER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEEPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ESCAPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESCAPER?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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