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ICHNOLOGY
Definition 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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Where it comes from
From ichno- + -logy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
ICHNOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ICHNOLOGY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CGHILNOOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ICHNOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found ICHNOLOGY?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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