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ECUMENIC
Definition of ECUMENIC
adjective
Ecumenical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin oecūmenicus, from Ancient Greek οἰκουμενικός (oikoumenikós, “concerning ἡ οἰκουμένη (hē oikouménē, “the inhabited (earth)”)”, “the whole (known) world”). Cognate with French œcuménique. By surface analysis, ecumene + -ic.
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.
ECUMENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ECUMENIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCEEIMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and C appear more than once.
Words that start ECUMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ECUMENIC?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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