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ANFRACTUOUS
Definition of ANFRACTUOUS
adjective
sinuous, twisty, winding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Latin anfractuosus, from Latin anfractus (“bend, curve”).
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% 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.
ANFRACTUOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANFRACTUOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACFNORSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and U appear more than once.
Words that start ANFRACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANFRACTUOUS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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