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EPIGONE

/ˈɛpəɡəʊn/7 letters

Definition of EPIGONE

noun

A follower or disciple.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French épigone, from Latin epigonus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίγονος (epígonos, “offspring, descendant”), from ἐπιγίγνομαι (epigígnomai, “to come after”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”), from γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to become”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EPIGONE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 17 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
27
First board
94
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Built from these letters

EPIGONE
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EPIGONE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGINOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start EPIGON

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EPIGONE?

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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