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GASTROCNEMII
Definition of GASTROCNEMII
noun
plural of gastrocnemius
noun
The muscle at the back of the calf, whose insertion is the Achilles tendon at the heel.
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Word DNA
GASTROCNEMII inherits its ancestry from its root, GASTROCNEMIUS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations 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
Same root, GASTROCNEMIUS · 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.
GASTROCNEMII in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GASTROCNEMII starts with G and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ACEGIIMNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GASTROCN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GASTROCNEMII?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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