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EPEIRIC
Definition of EPEIRIC
adjective
Describing the part of a sea that lies over a continental shelf
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros) or a related word (+ -ic).
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.
EPEIRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPEIRIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEIIPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
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 EPEIRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EPEIRIC?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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