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ETUDE

/ˈeɪ.tʃuːd/5 letters

Definition of ETUDE

noun

A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From around the year 1837, borrowed from French étude (“study”) from Latin studium. Doublet of studio and study.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ETUDE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 27 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
27
Boards found on
13
First board
109
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ETUDE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ETUDE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEETU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start ETUDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ETUDE?

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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.

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