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EGREGIOUS
Definition of EGREGIOUS
adjective
Conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense.
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Where it comes from
From Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock".
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.
EGREGIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EGREGIOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGGIORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and G appear more than once.
Words that start EGREGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EGREGIOUS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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