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EPIC
Definition of EPIC
noun
An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French épique, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós), from ἔπος (épos, “word, story”).
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.
EPIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EPIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EPIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found EPIC?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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