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EURIPUS
Definition of EURIPUS
noun
A strait; a narrow tract of water, where the tide or a current flows and reflows with violence, like the ancient firth of this name between Euboea and Boeotia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin eurīpus, from Ancient Greek εὔριπος (eúripos); from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ῥιπή (rhipḗ, “rushing motion”).
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.
EURIPUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EURIPUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIPRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start EURIPU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found EURIPUS?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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