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EPIDURAL
Definition of EPIDURAL
adjective
Situated on or outside the dura mater.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From epi- + dural.
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.
EPIDURAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPIDURAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEILPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found EPIDURAL?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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