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ACIDOPHILUS
Definition of ACIDOPHILUS
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin acidophilus (“acid-loving”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% 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.
ACIDOPHILUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACIDOPHILUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIILOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ACIDOPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found ACIDOPHILUS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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