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ANIMOSITY
Definition of ANIMOSITY
noun
Violent hatred leading to active opposition; active enmity; energetic dislike.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French animosité, from Latin animositas (“courage, spirit, vehemence”), from animosus, from animus (“courage, spirit, mind”); see animose, animate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANIMOSITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANIMOSITY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AIIMNOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ANIMOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found ANIMOSITY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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