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ESCUAGE
Definition of ESCUAGE
noun
Payment to a lord in lieu of military service.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English scuage, from Old French escuage; in Modern English, remodelled on the Old French etymon.
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.
ESCUAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESCUAGE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ESCUAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESCUAGE?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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