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EFFACES
Definition of EFFACES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of efface
verb
To erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
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Word DNA
EFFACES inherits its ancestry from its root, EFFACE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.8%
of traced words share this origin (753)
branch · 15.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EFFACE · 3 relatives 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.
EFFACES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EFFACES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFFS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EFFACE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EFFACES?
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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