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ADACTYLOUS

/eɪˈdæk.tɪl.əs/10 letters

Definition of ADACTYLOUS

adjective

Without fingers or without toes.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From a- + dactyl + -ous.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ADACTYLOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
105
First board
15
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

mirekgeePATRON

on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ADACTYLOUS
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ADACTYLOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDLOSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Could you have found ADACTYLOUS?

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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.

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