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ANOINTER
Definition of ANOINTER
noun
One who anoints.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From anoint + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ANOINT · 2 relatives 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.
ANOINTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANOINTER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEINNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANOINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANOINTER?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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