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ECTROPION
Definition of ECTROPION
noun
A condition of loose eyelids, characterized by the turning outward of the lower eyelid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκτρόπιον (ektrópion).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ECTROPION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECTROPION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEINOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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.
Words that start ECTROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ECTROPION?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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