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EYEWASH

/ˈaɪ̯.wɒʃ/7 letters

Definition of EYEWASH

noun

The washing out of the eyes with copious solution (usually water alone) to quickly remove an irritant, as for example in laboratories and industrial plants; the washing solution itself.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From eye + wash. Compare typologically Russian глаз замы́лился (glaz zamýlilsja) (akin to мы́ло (mýlo), мыть (mytʹ)).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EYEWASH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 9 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
40
First board
112
Latest board
34
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

billykidd

on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

EYEWASH
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EYEWASH starts with E and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEEHSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start EYEWAS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EYEWASHES

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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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.

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