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ESCAPOLOGY
Definition of ESCAPOLOGY
noun
The study or art of escaping from a physical restraint, enclosure, or constriction, such as a rope, a sealed box, handcuffs, etc.; escape artistry.
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Where it comes from
From escape + -ology.
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.
ESCAPOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESCAPOLOGY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEGLOOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ESCAPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESCAPOLOGY?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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