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AURICLE
Definition of AURICLE
noun
Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe. The outer ear or pinna.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin auricula (“the external ear”), diminutive of auris (“the ear”). Doublet of auricula.
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.
AURICLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AURICLE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found AURICLE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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