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EDEMATOUS
Definition of EDEMATOUS
adjective
Afflicted with edema.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, edemato- + -ous.
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.
EDEMATOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EDEMATOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEMOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found EDEMATOUS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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