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ARANEID
Definition of ARANEID
noun
A spider; now specifically a member of the family Araneidae; an orb weaver.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name taxonomic name Araneus + -id.
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.
ARANEID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 95, 23 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ARANEID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ARANEID?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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