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EPILATION
Definition of EPILATION
noun
The removal of hair from the skin in such a way that removes or destroys the root.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French épilation.
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.
EPILATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EPILATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEIILNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EPILAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found EPILATION?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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