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EPICUREAN
Definition of EPICUREAN
adjective
Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EPICUREAN · 1 relative 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.
EPICUREAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 183 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EPICUREAN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EPICUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found EPICUREAN?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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