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ACAROLOGY
Definition of ACAROLOGY
noun
The study of ticks and mites.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From acaro- + -logy, based on Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”) + -λογία (-logía).
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.
ACAROLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACAROLOGY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACGLOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start ACAROL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACAROLOGY?
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