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ENCARPUS
Definition of ENCARPUS
noun
An ornament on a frieze or capital, consisting of festoons of fruit, flowers, leaves, etc.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἔγκαρπος (énkarpos, “containing fruit”) (ἐν- (en-) + καρπός (karpós)).
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.
ENCARPUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 116, 13 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ENCARPUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACENPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ENCARP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENCARPUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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