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MYRMECOID
Definition of MYRMECOID
adjective
ant-like
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From myrmeco- + -oid.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
MYRMECOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MYRMECOID starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEIMMORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MYRMEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MYRMECOID?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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