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ACROLITH
Definition of ACROLITH
noun
An ancient Greek wooden statue furnished with a rupestral head and limbs.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκρόλιθος (akrólithos). By surface analysis, acro- + -lith.
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.
ACROLITH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 59, 18 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ACROLITH starts with A and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHILORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ACROLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found ACROLITH?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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