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ARGONAUTS
Definition of ARGONAUTS
noun
plural of argonaut
noun
Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
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Word DNA
ARGONAUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, ARGONAUT.
How it is built
Same root, ARGONAUT · 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.
ARGONAUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARGONAUTS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAGNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found ARGONAUTS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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