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AEROPHAGY
Definition of AEROPHAGY
noun
The swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From aero- + -phagy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AEROPHAGY · 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.
AEROPHAGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AEROPHAGY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAEGHOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AEROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found AEROPHAGY?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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