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ASCIDIAN
Definition of ASCIDIAN
noun
Any member of the class Ascidiacea (the sea squirts)
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Where it comes from
From New Latin Ascidia + -an, from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion, “wineskin, leather bag”).
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.
ASCIDIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 101, 29 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ASCIDIAN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACDIINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start ASCIDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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