The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ANODIC
Definition of ANODIC
adjective
Relating to, functioning as, or occurring at an anode.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From anode + -ic. Coined by William Whewell in 1837 in a letter to Michael Faraday.
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.
ANODIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 93 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANODIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDINO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found ANODIC?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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