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ESCROWED
Definition of ESCROWED
verb
simple past and past participle of escrow
noun
A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.
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Word DNA
ESCROWED inherits its ancestry from its root, ESCROW.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (993)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ESCROW · 3 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.
ESCROWED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ESCROWED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ESCROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESCROWED?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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