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ANEMIC

/əˈniː.mɪk/6 letters

Definition of ANEMIC

adjective

Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From anemia + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ic

Same root, ANEMIA · 5 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ANEMIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 46 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
46
Boards found on
20
First board
156
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

kmg1493

on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ANEMIC
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ANEMIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ANEMIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ANEMIC?

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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.

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