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AMBROSIA
Definition of AMBROSIA
noun
The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ambrosia (“food of the gods”), from Ancient Greek ἀμβροσία (ambrosía, “immortality”), from ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos, “immortal”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βροτός (brotós, “mortal”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,465)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMBROSIA · 1 relative 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.
AMBROSIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMBROSIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AABIMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AMBROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found AMBROSIA?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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