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ENCEPHALA
Definition of ENCEPHALA
noun
plural of encephalon
ENCEPHALON
noun
The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain.
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Word DNA
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.
ENCEPHALA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENCEPHALA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHLNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start ENCEPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENCEPHALA?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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