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AEON
Definition of AEON
noun
Commonwealth standard spelling of eon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 128 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AEON starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AENO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found AEON?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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