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AESC
Definition of AESC
noun
Alternative form of æsc.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AESC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 66, 25 July 2026.
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Built from these letters
AESC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACES - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AESC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AESC?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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