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REMOTE
Definition of REMOTE
adjective
At a distance; disconnected.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English remote, from Old French remot, masculine, remote, feminine, from Latin remotus, past participle of removere (“to remove”), from re- + movere (“to move”).
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.
REMOTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
REMOTE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REMOTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found REMOTE?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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