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ACERBITIES
Definition of ACERBITIES
noun
plural of acerbity
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Word DNA
ACERBITIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ACERBITY.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACERBITY · 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.
ACERBITIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 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
ACERBITIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEIIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start ACERBI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACERBITIES?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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