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EGGCUPS
Definition of EGGCUPS
noun
plural of eggcup
EGGCUP
noun
A small dish used to support a boiled egg while it is eaten.
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Word DNA
EGGCUPS inherits its ancestry from its root, EGGCUP.
How it is built
Same root, EGGCUP · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EGGCUPS 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 19 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
EGGCUPS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGGPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EGGCUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EGGCUPS?
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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