The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ANETHOLES
Definition of ANETHOLES
noun
plural of anethole
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
ANETHOLES inherits its ancestry from its root, ANETHOLE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANETHOLE · 2 relatives 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.
ANETHOLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 173, 9 November 2026.
Built from these letters
ANETHOLES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHLNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ANETHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANETHOLES?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER