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AGNATHIC

/æɡˈnæθɪk/8 letters

Definition of AGNATHIC

adjective

Jawless.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw”) + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,613)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ic

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

AGNATHIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 175
Its 5 boards, across 175 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
143
First board
175
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

fabs

on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AGNATHIC
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start AGNATH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

AGNATHANAGNATHANSAGNATHOUS

Could you have found AGNATHIC?

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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.

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