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EFFIGY
Definition of EFFIGY
noun
A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French effigie, from Latin effigiēs (“likeness, effigy”), from effingō (“represent, portray”).
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.
EFFIGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EFFIGY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFFGIY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found EFFIGY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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