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ANAEROBES
Definition of ANAEROBES
noun
plural of anaerobe
noun
An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes.
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Word DNA
ANAEROBES inherits its ancestry from its root, ANAEROBE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANAEROBE · 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.
ANAEROBES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANAEROBES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABEENORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ANAERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANAEROBES?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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