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EUPHORBIA
Definition of EUPHORBIA
noun
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, the spurges.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin euphorbia by 1601, reinforced by taxonomic name Euphorbia after 1753. Variant form euforbia is attested in Middle English.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,181)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EUPHORBIA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EUPHORBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EUPHORBIA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABEHIOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EUPHOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found EUPHORBIA?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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