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EPILOGUE
Definition of EPILOGUE
noun
A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equivalent to epi- + -logue.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (848)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EPILOGUE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EPILOGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EPILOGUE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGILOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EPILOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found EPILOGUE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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