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THANATOID
Definition of THANATOID
adjective
Resembling death; deathlike.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From thanato- + -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.
THANATOID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THANATOID starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADHINOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start THANAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THANATOID?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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