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ANCHYLOSE
Definition of ANCHYLOSE
verb
Alternative form of ankylose.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ANCHYLOSE · 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.
ANCHYLOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 123, 20 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANCHYLOSE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ANCHYL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANCHYLOSE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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