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AGNATIC
Definition of AGNATIC
adjective
of the male bloodline; patrilineal
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French agnatique, from Latin agnātus (“paternal kinsman”). Equivalent to agnate + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% 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.
AGNATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AGNATIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACGINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AGNATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found AGNATIC?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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