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EPITHALAMUS
Definition of EPITHALAMUS
noun
The dorsal posterior segment of the diencephalon; it includes the habenula, the stria medullaris and the pineal body.
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Word DNA
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.
EPITHALAMUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPITHALAMUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEHILMPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start EPITHAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EPITHALAMUS?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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