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EPISODICAL
Definition of EPISODICAL
adjective
Episodic.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From episode + -ical.
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.
EPISODICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPISODICAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIILOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start EPISOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found EPISODICAL?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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