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EPISTOLARY
Definition of EPISTOLARY
adjective
Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1627, from Latin epistolārius, from epistola (“letter”) (English epistle) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “to send a message”) from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “to prepare, send”). For the noun, compare Middle English pistelarie and Old English pistelari, both from Medieval Latin epistolārium, possibly via an unattested *epistelari, *epistolarie.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,197)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EPISTOLARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 350 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EPISTOLARY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EPISTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found EPISTOLARY?
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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