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ACTINIA
Definition of ACTINIA
noun
A sea anemone, specifically a member of the genus Actinia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From taxonomic name Actinia (genus name).
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.
ACTINIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACTINIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACIINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start ACTINI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ACTINIA?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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