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ADMINICULAR
Definition of ADMINICULAR
adjective
Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin adminiculō (“to prop up, support”) + -ar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,424)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADMINICULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 101, 29 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ADMINICULAR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACDIILMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start ADMINIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found ADMINICULAR?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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