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ELEPHANTOID
Definition of ELEPHANTOID
noun
Any mammal of the superfamily Elephantoidea
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From elephant + -oid.
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.
ELEPHANTOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ELEPHANTOID starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHILNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ELEPHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found ELEPHANTOID?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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