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EPICANTHUS

/ˌɛpɪˈkænθəs/10 letters

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).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 95
Its 7 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
52
First board
95
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

mel

on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

EPICANTHUS
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
10
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

EPICANTHIEPICANTHIC

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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