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ECHOIC

/ɪˈkəʊɪk/6 letters

Definition of ECHOIC

adjective

Of or pertaining to an echo

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From echo + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-ic

Same root, ECHO · 21 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ECHOIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 177
Its 6 boards, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
118
First board
153
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.

First ever to find it

billchilds

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ECHOIC
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ECHOIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCEHIO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ECHOIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ECHOIC?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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