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EURYPTEROID
Definition of EURYPTEROID
adjective
Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eurypterus of extinct sea scorpions.
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Where it comes from
Eurypterus + -oid
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EURYPTEROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EURYPTEROID starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEIOPRRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start EURYPTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EURYPTEROID?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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