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EPAULES
Definition of EPAULES
noun
plural of epaule
noun
The shoulder of a bastion, or the place where its face and flank meet and form the angle, called the angle of the shoulder.
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Word DNA
EPAULES inherits its ancestry from its root, EPAULE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EPAULE · 1 relative 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.
EPAULES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPAULES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEELPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EPAULE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EPAULES?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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