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ACATOUR
Definition of ACATOUR
noun
Alternative spelling of acater.
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Word DNA
ACATOUR inherits its ancestry from its root, ACATER.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,303)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACATER · 3 relatives 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.
ACATOUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACATOUR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACORTU - 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.
Could you have found ACATOUR?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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