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ECTOPLASM
Definition of ECTOPLASM
noun
A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ecto- (“outside”) + plasm or -plasm, referring to the fact that ectoplasm is believed to emanate from and materialize outside of the medium's body.
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.
ECTOPLASM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 396 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECTOPLASM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACELMOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ECTOPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found ECTOPLASM?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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