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ANESTRI
Definition of ANESTRI
noun
plural of anestrus
ANESTRUS
noun
In female placental mammals—excluding humans and great apes—a phase of the estrous cycle during which the sexual cycle rests.
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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.
ANESTRI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANESTRI starts with A and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANESTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found ANESTRI?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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