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ANOPHELINE
Definition of ANOPHELINE
noun
Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
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Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ANOPHELINE · 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.
ANOPHELINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
ANOPHELINE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHILNNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start ANOPHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANOPHELINE?
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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