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ACHROMOUS
Definition of ACHROMOUS
adjective
colorless; achromatic
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- + Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACHROMOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACHROMOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHMOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ACHROM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACHROMOUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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