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ECTROPIONS
Definition of ECTROPIONS
noun
plural of ectropion
noun
A condition of loose eyelids, characterized by the turning outward of the lower eyelid.
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Word DNA
ECTROPIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, ECTROPION.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,789)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ECTROPION · 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.
ECTROPIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ECTROPIONS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEINOOPRST - 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.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ECTROPIONS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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