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EPHEMERID
Definition of EPHEMERID
noun
Any in the family Ephemeridae of mayflies.
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Where it comes from
From translingual Ephemeridae, from New Latin ephemerus, from Ancient Greek ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros), the more common form of ἐφημέριος (ephēmérios, “of, for, or during the day, living or lasting but for a day, short-lived, temporary”), from ἐπί (epí, “on”) + ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”).
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.
EPHEMERID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPHEMERID starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEEHIMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EPHEME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EPHEMERID?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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