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ACULEI
Definition of ACULEI
noun
plural of aculeus
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Word DNA
ACULEI inherits its ancestry from its root, ACULEUS.
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 (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACULEUS · 1 relative 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.
ACULEI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 100, 28 August 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
ACULEI starts with A and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ACEILU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found ACULEI?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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