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ALVEOLUS
Definition of ALVEOLUS
noun
A small cavity or pit. Any of the many tiny air sacs in the lungs in which the bronchioles terminate and where oxygen and carbon dioxide are rapidly exchanged with the pulmonary capillaries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALVEOLUS · 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.
ALVEOLUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALVEOLUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELLOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start ALVEOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALVEOLUS?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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