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ANOREXIA
Definition of ANOREXIA
noun
Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνορεξία (anorexía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”, alpha privativum) + ὄρεξῐς (órexĭs, “yearning”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract-noun-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANOREXIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ANOREXIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEINORX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ANOREX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANOREXIA?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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