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ANODYNES
Definition of ANODYNES
noun
plural of anodyne
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Word DNA
ANODYNES inherits its ancestry from its root, ANODYNE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,899)
branch · 15.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANODYNE · 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.
ANODYNES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
ANODYNES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADENNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found ANODYNES?
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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