The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EPICOTYL
Definition of EPICOTYL
noun
In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling above the cotyledons.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EPICOTYL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPICOTYL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CEILOPTY - 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.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found EPICOTYL?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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