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ANAPTYCTIC
Definition of ANAPTYCTIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin anaptycticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάπτυκτος (anáptuktos, “that may be opened”) + -icus (adjectival suffix), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up; again; back”) + πτυκτός (ptuktós, “folded”), from the stem of πτύσσω (ptússō, “to fold”) + τός (tós, suffix forming verbal adjectives).
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.
ANAPTYCTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANAPTYCTIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACCINPTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and C appear more than once.
Could you have found ANAPTYCTIC?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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