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ASCIDIUM
Definition of ASCIDIUM
noun
A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin ascidium, from Ancient Greek ἀσκίδιον (askídion), from ἀσκός (askós, “leather bag”) + -ιδιον (-idion, “diminutive ending”).
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.
ASCIDIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASCIDIUM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACDIIMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ASCIDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASCIDIUM?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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