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ANNELID
Definition of ANNELID
noun
Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French annélidé, coined by French naturalist Lamarck.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANNELID · 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.
ANNELID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANNELID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 ANNELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANNELID?
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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