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EGGS

/ɛɡz/4 letters

Definition of EGGS

noun

plural of egg

EGG

noun

An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell during its development. The (usually) non-developing, edible egg (sense 1.1) of a domestic fowl such as a duck, goose, or, especially, chicken; the contents of such an egg or eggs used as food.

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Word DNA

EGGS inherits its ancestry from its root, EGG.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old Norse
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

9%

of traced words share this origin (2,413)

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, EGG · 3 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Old English, Persian and 5 more.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EGGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 135
Its one board, across 135 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
134
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

1tjpeterson

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EGGS
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EGGS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGGS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start EGGS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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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