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EDDO

4 letters

Definition of EDDO

noun

A plant (Colocasia esculenta, but often identified as Colocasia antiquorum, among numerous other synonyms), which is usually considered a variety of C. esculenta, with edible starchy tubers.

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Where it comes from

From a West African language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “see Wikipedia which suggests Akan origin; cognate to Twi: o1de3 “yam”; and Fante: o1do3”

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

Same root, EDDO · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EDDO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 142
Its 2 boards, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
134
First board
141
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

vcook

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EDDO
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EDDO starts with E and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read DDEO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start EDDO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EDDO?

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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.

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