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ANAPHORIC
Definition of ANAPHORIC
adjective
Of, or relating to, an anaphora.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
ANAPHORIC carries 2 further meanings.
adjective
of or pertaining to anaphora.
adjective
relating to anaphora
Where it comes from
From anaphora + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ANAPHORA · 2 relatives in the game
ANAPHORIC in a sentence
“In addition, the is motivated by the fact that the features have evidently received some prior mention in the text the so-called 'anaphoric' function of the definite article.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANAPHORIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANAPHORIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACHINOPR - 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 ANAPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ANAPHORIC?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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