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ICHNOLOGIES
Definition of ICHNOLOGIES
noun
plural of ichnology
noun
A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows. Its subdisciplines include paleoichnology and neoichnology.
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Word DNA
ICHNOLOGIES inherits its ancestry from its root, ICHNOLOGY.
How it is built
Same root, ICHNOLOGY · 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.
ICHNOLOGIES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 59, 18 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 83 days.
First found by a player on Day 84, 12 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ICHNOLOGIES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGHIILNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start ICHNOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found ICHNOLOGIES?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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