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AEROPLANE

/ˈɛə̯.ɹə.pleɪ̯n/9 letters

Definition of AEROPLANE

noun

Synonym of airplane. A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French aéroplane, from Ancient Greek ἀερόπλανος (aeróplanos, “wandering in air”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + πλάνος (plános, “wandering”), equivalent to aero- + plane. First used by Joseph Pline in an 1855 patent.[1];[2]

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

AEROPLANE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 16 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
18
First board
102
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.

Built from these letters

AEROPLANE
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

AEROPLANE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEELNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.

Words that start AEROPL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.

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