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AVOCETS
Definition of AVOCETS
noun
plural of avocet
noun
Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.
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Word DNA
AVOCETS inherits its ancestry from its root, AVOCET.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (590)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AVOCET · 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.
AVOCETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AVOCETS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found AVOCETS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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