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ACIDULOUS
Definition of ACIDULOUS
adjective
Slightly sour; subacid; sourish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin acidulus (“sourish, acidulous”), diminutive of acidus (“sour, acid”). See acid. By surface analysis, acid + -ule + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACIDULOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACIDULOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDILOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start ACIDUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found ACIDULOUS?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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