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ERGODIC
Definition of ERGODIC
adjective
Of or relating to certain systems that, given enough time, will eventually return to a previously experienced state.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
International Scientific Vocabulary ergo- + -ode (+ -ic). The etymological origin is disputed: ἔργον (érgon) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”) versus ἔργον (érgon) + εἶδος (eîdos, “image”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
ERGODIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERGODIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEGIOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ERGODI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found ERGODIC?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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