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ELLAGIC
Definition of ELLAGIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to gallnuts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French galle spelled backwards, + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,423)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ELLAGIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELLAGIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found ELLAGIC?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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