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ANOSMIC

/æˈnɒzmɪk/7 letters

Definition of ANOSMIC

adjective

Having anosmia; lacking a sense of smell.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From anosmia + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ANOSMIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 19 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
30
First board
102
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

freddyornot

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ANOSMIC
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ANOSMIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ANOSMI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ANOSMIAANOSMIAS

Could you have found ANOSMIC?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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