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ELFIC
Definition of ELFIC
adjective
Of or relating to elves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From elf + -ic. Piecewise doublet of elfy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ELF · 9 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELFIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELFIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEFIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found ELFIC?
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 165 - and most players walked straight past it.
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