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ACANTH

/əˈkænθ/6 letters

Definition of ACANTH

noun

Acanthus.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, ACANTH · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

ACANTH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 159
Its 5 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
91
First board
154
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

yinhaghmusha

on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ACANTH
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start ACANTH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ACANTH?

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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.

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