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ANCORA
Definition of ANCORA
noun
Either of the symbols ⟨⸔⟩, ⟨⸕⟩ found in marginal notes to mark missing text.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ancora. Doublet of anchor and anker.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
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.
ANCORA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANCORA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ANCORA?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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