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ACIDULENT
Definition of ACIDULENT
adjective
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
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Word DNA
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.
ACIDULENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACIDULENT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ACIDUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found ACIDULENT?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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