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ACANTHI
Definition of ACANTHI
noun
plural of acanthus
noun
A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.
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Word DNA
ACANTHI inherits its ancestry from its root, ACANTHUS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACANTHUS · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACANTHI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACANTHI starts with A and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AACHINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ACANTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACANTHI?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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