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ANALGESIC
Definition of ANALGESIC
noun
Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Compare -algia.
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.
ANALGESIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANALGESIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACEGILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANALGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANALGESIC?
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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