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ECTASIA
Definition of ECTASIA
noun
Synonym of ectasis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἐκτασία (ektasía), from ἔκτασις (éktasis, “a stretching out”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to stretch out”) + -σῐς (-sĭs), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,043)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
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.
ECTASIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ECTASIA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ECTASIA?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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