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ECTOPHAGOUS
Definition of ECTOPHAGOUS
adjective
That feeds on the external surface of its host
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ecto- + -phagous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
ECTOPHAGOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECTOPHAGOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHOOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found ECTOPHAGOUS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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