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ASCARID
Definition of ASCARID
noun
Any phasmid nematode of the family Ascarididae (Ascaridae)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin Ascarididae. By surface analysis, ascar- + -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.
ASCARID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASCARID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDIRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASCARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found ASCARID?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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