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AURICLE
Definition of AURICLE
noun
Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe. The outer ear or pinna.
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Other senses
AURICLE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The outer projecting portion of the ear.
noun
An earlobe-shaped part, process, or appendage, especially at the base of an organ.
noun
The pinna of the external ear; that part of the organ of hearing which projects from the side of the head. See pinna, and cut under ear. Also auricula.
noun
A chamber or one of the chambers of the heart into which the blood comes from the veins, and from which it passes into the ventricle or one of the ventricles.
Where it comes from
From Latin auricula (“the external ear”), diminutive of auris (“the ear”). Doublet of auricula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AURICLE · 2 relatives 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.
AURICLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of AURICLE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found AURICLE?
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