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ATLATL
Definition of ATLATL
noun
A spearthrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl ahtlatl.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Nahuatl
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
36th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (54)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ATLATL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATLATL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALLTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T and L appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ATLATL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATLATL?
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