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ALBINO
Definition of ALBINO
adjective
Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese albino and Spanish albino.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (957)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALBINO · 4 relatives 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.
ALBINO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALBINO starts with A and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ABILNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ALBINO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found ALBINO?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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