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ACRONYCAL
Definition of ACRONYCAL
adjective
Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἄκρονυξ (ákronux, “nightfall”) + -al, one of the three poetic times for the rising and setting of stars, along with cosmical and heliacal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,332)
branch · 12.7% 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.
ACRONYCAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACRONYCAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACCLNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and C appear more than once.
Words that start ACRONY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACRONYCAL?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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