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ANAEROBIC
Definition of ANAEROBIC
adjective
Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French anaérobie, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ic. By surface analysis, an- + aerobic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,789)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANAEROBIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 167 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANAEROBIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AABCEINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ANAERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found ANAEROBIC?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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