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ATAVISTIC
Definition of ATAVISTIC
adjective
Of the recurrence of a trait reappearing after an absence of one or more generations due to a chance recombination of genes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From atavism + -istic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ATAVISM · 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.
ATAVISTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATAVISTIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACIISTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and I appear more than once.
Words that start ATAVIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATAVISTIC?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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