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EPICANTHUS
Definition of EPICANTHUS
noun
A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical of East Asians.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From epi- + canthus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
EPICANTHUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPICANTHUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHINPSTU - 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 EPICAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found EPICANTHUS?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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