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ECTODERM
Definition of ECTODERM
noun
The outermost of the three tissue layers in the embryo of a metazoan animal, which produces through development, the epidermis (skin) and nervous system of the adult.
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Where it comes from
From ecto- + -derm.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ECTODERM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ECTODERM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ECTODERM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CDEEMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ECTODE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ECTODERM?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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