The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EPODIC
Definition of EPODIC
adjective
Pertaining to or resembling an epode.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From epode + -ic.
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.
EPODIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EPODIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEIOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found EPODIC?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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