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HADROSAUR
Definition of HADROSAUR
noun
Any ornithopod dinosaur of the family Hadrosauridae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from Hadrosauridae, from the type genus Hadrosaurus, which in turn was derived from Ancient Greek ἁδρός (hadrós, “strong”) + σαῦρος (saûros, “lizard”).
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
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% 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.
HADROSAUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HADROSAUR starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AADHORRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.
Words that start HADROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HADROSAUR?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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