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AMPHISBAENIC
Definition of AMPHISBAENIC
adjective
Relating to an amphisbaena.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From amphisbaena + -ic.
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.
AMPHISBAENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMPHISBAENIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AABCEHIIMNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start AMPHISBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AMPHISBAENIC?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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