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EPICAL
Definition of EPICAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From epic + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EPIC · 7 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.
EPICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EPICAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEILP - 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.
Words that start EPICAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found EPICAL?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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