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ESILE
Definition of ESILE
noun
Alternative form of eisel.
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Word DNA
ESILE inherits its ancestry from its root, EISEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EISEL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Welsh.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 87 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESILE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ESILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESILE?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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