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MEGALOPS
Definition of MEGALOPS
noun
A larva, in a stage following the zoea, in the development of most crabs. In this stage the legs and abdominal appendages have appeared, the abdomen is relatively long, and the eyes are large.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Megalops and New Latin megalops.
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.
MEGALOPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MEGALOPS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGLMOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MEGALO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MEGALOPS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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