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ARMADILLO
Definition of ARMADILLO
noun
Any of the burrowing mammals in the families Dasypodidae, Chlamyphoridae, Tolypeutidae and Euphractidae in the order Cingulata, found in the Americas, especially South America, and covered with bony, jointed protective plates.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish armadillo, diminutive of armado (“armored”), in reference to its protective plates.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (963)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARMADILLO · 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.
ARMADILLO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARMADILLO starts with A and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AADILLMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found ARMADILLO?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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