The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EPIGAMY
Definition of EPIGAMY
noun
A form of reproduction in marine worms in which the entire body undergoes a drastic transformation, becoming a specialized epitoke to swim to the surface, release gametes, and then die, often synchronized with moon cycles for mass spawning.
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Where it comes from
By surface analysis, epi- + -gamy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EPIGAMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 174, 10 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPIGAMY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGIMPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found EPIGAMY?
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 174 - and most players walked straight past it.
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