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GREASE
Definition of GREASE
noun
Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *crassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”). Doublet of crass.
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.
GREASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GREASE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GREASE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found GREASE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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