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ANTLION
Definition of ANTLION
noun
Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants.
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Where it comes from
From ant + lion. Compare translingual Myrmeleon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ANTLION · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANTLION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANTLION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AILNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found ANTLION?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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