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ANTIVIRUS
Definition of ANTIVIRUS
noun
A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From anti- + virus.
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.
ANTIVIRUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ANTIVIRUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIINRSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ANTIVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found ANTIVIRUS?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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