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CIRCUMAMBIENT
Definition of CIRCUMAMBIENT
adjective
Including all aspects of; encompassing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin circum (“around”) + ambiō, from amb- (“both side”) + eō (“go”), literally "go on both sides of". Synchronically circum- + ambient.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% 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.
CIRCUMAMBIENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CIRCUMAMBIENT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABCCEIIMMNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, I and M appear more than once.
Words that start CIRCUMAMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CIRCUMAMBIENT?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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