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AEROSCOPE
Definition of AEROSCOPE
noun
A device used to collect dust particles, spores etc from the air for subsequent analysis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From aero- + -scope.
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.
AEROSCOPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 73 days.
Built from these letters
AEROSCOPE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start AEROSC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found AEROSCOPE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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