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ALGAS
Definition of ALGAS
Wiktionary has no entry for ALGAS itself. This is its base word, ALGA.
noun
Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ALGA.
From Latin alga.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALGAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALGAS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAGLS - 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.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found ALGAS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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