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AMBEROIDS
Definition of AMBEROIDS
noun
plural of amberoid
noun
A synthetic amber manufactured by melting and compressing chips of natural amber, sometimes with other resins.
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Word DNA
AMBEROIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, AMBER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (490)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMBER · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AMBEROIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMBEROIDS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDEIMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found AMBEROIDS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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