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ECHOIST
Definition of ECHOIST
noun
One who repeats like an echo; a mindless imitator.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From echo + -ist.
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.
ECHOIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECHOIST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEHIOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ECHOIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ECHOIST?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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