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ANAPTYXES
Definition of ANAPTYXES
noun
plural of anaptyxis
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Word DNA
ANAPTYXES inherits its ancestry from its root, ANAPTYXIS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANAPTYXIS · 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.
ANAPTYXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
ANAPTYXES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAENPSTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ANAPTY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANAPTYXES?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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