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EPHORS
Definition of EPHORS
noun
plural of ephor
noun
One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.
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Word DNA
EPHORS inherits its ancestry from its root, EPHOR.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,337)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EPHOR · 6 relatives 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.
EPHORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
EPHORS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found EPHORS?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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