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ANHEDONIC

/ænhiːˈdɒnɪk/9 letters

Definition of ANHEDONIC

adjective

Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From anhedon(ia) + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-ic

Same root, ANHEDONIC · 1 relative 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.

ANHEDONIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 2 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
139
First board
145
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

kaleighb

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ANHEDONIC
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ANHEDONIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHINNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.

Words that start ANHEDO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ANHEDONIC?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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