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ALMANACKS
Definition of ALMANACKS
noun
plural of almanack
ALMANAC · via almanack
noun
A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.
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Word DNA
ALMANACKS inherits its ancestry from its root, ALMANAC.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,122)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALMANAC · 3 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.
ALMANACKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 155, 22 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ALMANACKS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAACKLMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ALMANA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALMANACKS?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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