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ECHINODERM
Definition of ECHINODERM
noun
An animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French échinoderme, corresponding to echino- + -derm, after plural of 18th-century Latin echinoderma.
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.
ECHINODERM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECHINODERM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CDEEHIMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ECHINO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found ECHINODERM?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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