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EPEOLATRY
Definition of EPEOLATRY
noun
The worship of words.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἔπος (épos, “word”) + -latry (“worship of”). The first citation of the word is from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., in his 1860 book The Professor at the Breakfast-Table.
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.
EPEOLATRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPEOLATRY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEELOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EPEOLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found EPEOLATRY?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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