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LYCANTHROPE
Definition of LYCANTHROPE
noun
A werewolf.
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Other senses
LYCANTHROPE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A person affected with lycanthropy.
noun
A man superstitiously supposed to be possessed of the power of transforming himself at pleasure into a wolf, and to be endowed while in that shape with its savage propensities; a were-wolf.
noun
A person affected with lycanthropy; one who imagines himself to be a wolf, and acts in conformity with his delusion.
noun
A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.
Where it comes from
From Latin lycanthrōpus, from Ancient Greek λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos) – a compound of λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”) + ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, human”). By surface analysis, lyc- + -anthrope.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LYCANTHROPE · 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.
LYCANTHROPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 319 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LYCANTHROPE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLNOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of LYCANTHROPE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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 LYCANTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
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