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EPIDERMAL
Definition of EPIDERMAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the epidermis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms. By surface analysis, epidermis + -al = epi- + derm- + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EPIDERMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EPIDERMAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 EPIDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found EPIDERMAL?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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