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ECLIPTIC
Definition of ECLIPTIC
noun
The great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin eclīptica. So named because an eclipse can occur only when the Moon lies on this plane.
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.
ECLIPTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECLIPTIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCEIILPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Could you have found ECLIPTIC?
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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