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EPENDYMA
Definition of EPENDYMA
noun
The thin membrane of glial cells lining the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἐπένδυμα (epénduma), "upper garment", from ἐπενδύνω (ependúnō, “I put on over”) + -μα (-ma, noun suffix), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, over”) + ἐνδύνω (endúnō, “I put on (clothes)”).
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.
EPENDYMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPENDYMA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADEEMNPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found EPENDYMA?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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