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ANTHRACOID
Definition of ANTHRACOID
adjective
Resembling anthrax.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From anthrax + -oid.
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.
ANTHRACOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANTHRACOID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDHINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ANTHRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANTHRACOID?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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