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MEGASCOPE
Definition of MEGASCOPE
noun
A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
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Where it comes from
From mega- + -scope.
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.
MEGASCOPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MEGASCOPE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGMOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MEGASC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found MEGASCOPE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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