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ANKUSH
Definition of ANKUSH
noun
Alternative form of ankus.
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Word DNA
ANKUSH inherits its ancestry from its root, ANKUS.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (741)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANKUS · 1 relative 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.
ANKUSH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANKUSH starts with A and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHKNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ANKUSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANKUSH?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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