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AFEARED
Definition of AFEARED
verb
simple past and past participle of afear
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English aferd.
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.
AFEARED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFEARED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEEFR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found AFEARED?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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