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ELLIPSIS
Definition of ELLIPSIS
noun
A mark consisting of multiple full stops (with or without spaces), used to indicate omitted, missing, or illegible words; or (in mathematics) that a pattern continues.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ellīpsis, from Ancient Greek ἔλλειψις (élleipsis, “omission”). Doublet of ellipse.
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.
ELLIPSIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ELLIPSIS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIILLPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L, I and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ELLIPS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ELLIPSIS?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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