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YEOMAN
Definition of YEOMAN
noun
An official providing honorable service in a royal or high noble household, ranking between a squire and a page. Especially, a yeoman of the guard, a member of a ceremonial bodyguard to the UK monarch (not to be confused with a Yeoman Warder).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English yeman, yoman, of disputed etymology:
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.
YEOMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 186 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 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 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
YEOMAN starts with Y and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEMNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start YEOMAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found YEOMAN?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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