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AFEARD
Definition of AFEARD
adjective
Afraid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From afear + -ed.
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.
AFEARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
AFEARD starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEFR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found AFEARD?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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