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ECTASIS
Definition of ECTASIS
noun
The dilation or distention of a hollow or tubular part of the body, typically due to disease or injury.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκτασις (éktasis).
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
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% 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.
ECTASIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 70 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ECTASIS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEISST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S 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.
Could you have found ECTASIS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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