The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ESCHEW
Definition of ESCHEW
verb
To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhijan (“to dread, shun, avoid”); thus a doublet of skew. For the pronunciation with /ʃ/, compare the development of marshal from Middle English marschal (/marsˈt͡ʃaːl/) or Middle English myssheve, variant of myschef (“hardship”). Variants in /sk/ are either from unattested Middle English *eskewen (from Old Northern French eskiver; compare skew) or are spelling pronunciations. See also French esquiver.
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.
ESCHEW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 192 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 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 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESCHEW starts with E and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read CEEHSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ESCHEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found ESCHEW?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER