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EROS
Definition of EROS
noun
A winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).
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.
EROS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EROS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found EROS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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