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ANORTHIC
Definition of ANORTHIC
adjective
Having three unequal axes that intersect obliquely
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From an- + orthic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANORTHIC in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANORTHIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ANORTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found ANORTHIC?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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