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ANASTOMIC
Definition of ANASTOMIC
adjective
Alternative form of anastomotic.
ANASTOMOTIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to anastomosis
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Word DNA
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.
ANASTOMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
Built from these letters
ANASTOMIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACIMNOST - 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 ANASTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANASTOMIC?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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