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ACROLECTS
Definition of ACROLECTS
noun
plural of acrolect
noun
The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).
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Word DNA
ACROLECTS inherits its ancestry from its root, ACROLECT.
How it is built
Same root, ACROLECT · 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.
ACROLECTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACROLECTS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCELORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start ACROLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACROLECTS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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