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AFFECT
Definition of AFFECT
verb
To influence or alter.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English affecten, from Latin affectāre, from Latin affectus, the participle stem of Latin afficere (“to act upon, influence, affect, attack with disease”), from ad- + facere (“to make, do”). By surface analysis, af- + Latin -fect.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AFFECT · 4 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.
AFFECT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 159, 26 October 2026.
Built from these letters
AFFECT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEFFT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start AFFECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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