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EPILEPSY
Definition of EPILEPSY
noun
A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Since 16th century; borrowed from French épilepsie, from Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψίᾱ (epilēpsíā), from ἐπιλαμβάνω (epilambánō, “to seize”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “to take”). Displaced native Old English fiellesēocnes (literally “falling sickness”).
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.
EPILEPSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPILEPSY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEILPPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and P appear more than once.
Words that start EPILEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EPILEPSY?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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