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GREENMAIL
Definition of GREENMAIL
noun
The profiting from an attempted hostile takeover by forcing the target company to buy back the hostile bidder's shares at an inflated price.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of greenback + blackmail.
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.
GREENMAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 97 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GREENMAIL starts with G and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEEGILMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GREENM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found GREENMAIL?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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