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AFFEARED
Definition of AFFEARED
verb
simple past and past participle of affear
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Word DNA
AFFEARED inherits its ancestry from its root, AFFEAR.
How it is built
Same root, AFFEAR · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AFFEARED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.
Built from these letters
AFFEARED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEEFFR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, F and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start AFFEAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AFFEARED?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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