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EUREKAS
Definition of EUREKAS
Wiktionary has no entry for EUREKAS itself. This is its base word, EUREKA.
interjection
An exclamation indicating a sudden discovery.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for EUREKA.
From Ancient Greek εὕρηκα (heúrēka, “I have found”), perfect active indicative first person singular of εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “to find”). Archimedes supposedly exclaimed this when he figured out how to determine the density of an object. First use appears c. 1603 in a text by Philemon Holland.
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.
EUREKAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
EUREKAS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEKRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found EUREKAS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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