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EIDETIC
Definition of EIDETIC
adjective
Marked by or resulting from extraordinary ability to recall detailed and vivid mental images of visual images.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German eidetisch, from Ancient Greek εἰδητικός (eidētikós), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”).
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.
EIDETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EIDETIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start EIDETI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EIDETIC?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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