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AFARS
Definition of AFARS
Wiktionary has no entry for AFARS itself. This is its base word, AFAR.
adverb
At, to, or from a great distance; far away; distantly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for AFAR.
From Middle English afer, equivalent to a- (“for, on, or of”) + far.
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.
AFARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFARS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAFRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found AFARS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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