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GALACTOID
Definition of GALACTOID
adjective
Milk-like.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Ancient Greek γάλα (gála, “milk”) + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% 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.
GALACTOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GALACTOID starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDGILOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start GALACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GALACTOID?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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