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ANCILLARY
Definition of ANCILLARY
adjective
Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ancillāris (“ancillary; relating to female slaves”), from ancilla (“slave-woman”).
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.
ANCILLARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANCILLARY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACILLNRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 ANCILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANCILLARY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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