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ANNELIDS
Definition of ANNELIDS
noun
plural of annelid
ANNELID
noun
Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech.
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Word DNA
ANNELIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, ANNELID.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,886)
branch · 15.2% 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.
ANNELIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANNELIDS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEILNNS - 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 ANNELIDS?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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