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EPITAXIES
Definition of EPITAXIES
noun
plural of epitaxy
noun
An overgrowth in which the overlying crystal is either induced into the same orientation, or otherwise grows under the influence of the underlying crystal into the same orientation.
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Word DNA
EPITAXIES inherits its ancestry from its root, EPITAXY.
How it is built
Same root, EPITAXY · 1 relative 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.
EPITAXIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 62 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPITAXIES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEIIPSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EPITAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EPITAXIES?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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