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ATHANOR
Definition of ATHANOR
noun
A furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Arabic التَنُّور (at-tannūr, “the baker’s oven”). The word is a doublet of tandoor.
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.
ATHANOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATHANOR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAHNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ATHANOR?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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