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ACRYLIC
Definition of ACRYLIC
adjective
Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From acryl + -ic, from acrolein, from Latin acer (“sharp”) + olere (“to smell”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACRYLIC · 3 relatives 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.
ACRYLIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACRYLIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCILRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found ACRYLIC?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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