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EROTEMA
Definition of EROTEMA
noun
The rhetorical use of questions, especially questions which strongly imply their own answer.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EROTEMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EROTEMA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEEMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EROTEM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EROTEMA?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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