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MYRMECOLOGIES
Definition of MYRMECOLOGIES
Wiktionary has no entry for MYRMECOLOGIES itself. This is its base word, MYRMECOLOGY.
noun
The scientific study of ants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for MYRMECOLOGY.
From Ancient Greek myrmeco- (“ant”) + -logy (“study (of)”).
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.
MYRMECOLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
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
MYRMECOLOGIES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEGILMMOORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M, E and O appear more than once.
Words that start MYRMECOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MYRMECOLOGIES?
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