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ASTRAGALI
Definition of ASTRAGALI
noun
plural of astragalus
ASTRAGALUS
noun
Synonym of anklebone.
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Word DNA
ASTRAGALI inherits its ancestry from its root, ASTRAGALUS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,543)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ASTRAGALUS · 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.
ASTRAGALI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASTRAGALI starts with A and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AAAGILRST - 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 ASTRAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASTRAGALI?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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