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ECDYSIAST
Definition of ECDYSIAST
noun
An erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by H. L. Mencken from ecdysis (“moulting”) (on the model of enthusiast etc.).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ECDYSIAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECDYSIAST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDEISSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start ECDYSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ECDYSIAST?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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