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EPHYRA
Definition of EPHYRA
noun
An immature medusoid stage of a scyphozoan jellyfish once it breaks off from its segmenting polyp.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EPHYRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPHYRA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EPHYRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EPHYRA?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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