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EDIFICE
Definition of EDIFICE
noun
A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, a classical borrowing of Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedificāre (“to build, establish”) (whence also English edify).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EDIFICE · 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.
EDIFICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EDIFICE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFII - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start EDIFIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found EDIFICE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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