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AEROMANCY
Definition of AEROMANCY
noun
Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English aeremance, aermancye, aaeromancye, from Anglo-Norman aermancie and Middle French aerimancie, aeromance, ayromancie (modern French aéromancie), from Latin āeromantia. By surface analysis, aero- + -mancy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AEROMANCY · 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.
AEROMANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AEROMANCY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACEMNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AEROMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found AEROMANCY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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