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ASPLENIUM
Definition of ASPLENIUM
noun
Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
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Where it comes from
A genericization of taxonomic name Asplenium (“the spleenworts”), from Linnaeus's New Latin adjustment of Latin asplenon (“spleenwort”), from Ancient Greek ἄσπληνον (ásplēnon, “spleenwort”), from ἀ- (a-, “un-”) + σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”) + -ον (-on, “-um”), from its use to cure anthrax in livestock.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASPLENIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASPLENIUM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEILMNPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ASPLEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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