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ECHOVIRUS
Definition of ECHOVIRUS
noun
A type of RNA virus of the species Enterovirus B of the Picornaviridae family, found in the human gastrointestinal tract.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortened form of enteric cytopathic human orphan virus.
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.
ECHOVIRUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECHOVIRUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ECHOVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ECHOVIRUS?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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