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ANTLER
Definition of ANTLER
noun
A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English auntelere, hauntelere, from Old French antoillier (“antler, horn”), from ante- (“in front of”) + oillier (oil (“eye”) + -ier (a suffix indicating location)), possibly from an unattested Latin *anteocularis (“before the eye”).
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.
ANTLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 56, 15 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ANTLER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AELNRT - 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.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found ANTLER?
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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