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ACALEPHES
Definition of ACALEPHES
Wiktionary has no entry for ACALEPHES itself. This is its base word, ACALEPH.
noun
A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ACALEPH.
Borrowed from Latin acalephe, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging nettle”).
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.
ACALEPHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACALEPHES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHLPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ACALEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACALEPHES?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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