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ANISOTROPE
Definition of ANISOTROPE
adjective
anisotropic
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From aniso- + -trope.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
ANISOTROPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 159, 26 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ANISOTROPE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANISOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANISOTROPE?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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