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ACROSTICS
Definition of ACROSTICS
noun
plural of acrostic
noun
A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
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Word DNA
ACROSTICS inherits its ancestry from its root, ACROSTIC.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, ACROSTIC · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACROSTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACROSTICS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCIORSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and S appear more than once.
Words that start ACROST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACROSTICS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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