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ANNULAR
Definition of ANNULAR
adjective
Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring: in the shape of an annulus.
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Where it comes from
From Latin ānulāris (“ring-shaped”); (possibly through French annulaire), from ānulus (“ring”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANNULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
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
ANNULAR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AALNNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ANNULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANNULAR?
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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