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EPONYCHIUMS
Definition of EPONYCHIUMS
Wiktionary has no entry for EPONYCHIUMS itself. This is its base word, EPONYCHIUM.
noun
The thickened layer of skin adjoining fingernails and toenails, particularly at the base of the nail.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for EPONYCHIUM.
From Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + ὀνῠ́χιον (onŭ́khion, “little claw”, diminutive of ὄνυξ (ónux)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EPONYCHIUM · 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.
EPONYCHIUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 121, 18 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EPONYCHIUMS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMNOPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found EPONYCHIUMS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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