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EPONYMOUS
Definition of EPONYMOUS
adjective
Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnŭmos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting pertinence or relation).
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
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,465)
branch · 12.2% 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.
EPONYMOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 150 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EPONYMOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EMNOOPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start EPONYM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found EPONYMOUS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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