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ANOMALISTIC
Definition of ANOMALISTIC
adjective
Anomalous.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From anomaly + -istic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ANOMALY · 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.
ANOMALISTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 102, 30 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANOMALISTIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACIILMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Could you have found ANOMALISTIC?
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 102 - and most players walked straight past it.
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