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PREAMBLE
Definition of PREAMBLE
noun
A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English preamble, from Old French preambule (French préambule), from Medieval Latin praeambulum, from praeambulō (“to walk before”).
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.
PREAMBLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 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
PREAMBLE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEELMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PREAMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PREAMBLE?
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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