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AEDICULES
Definition of AEDICULES
noun
plural of aedicule
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Word DNA
AEDICULES inherits its ancestry from its root, AEDICULE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AEDICULE · 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.
AEDICULES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AEDICULES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEILSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start AEDICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AEDICULES?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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