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AFFIES
Definition of AFFIES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of affy
verb
To have faith in (someone); to trust. Chiefly followed by that or to: to formally affirm or promise (something). Chiefly of a man: to formally promise to marry (someone, chiefly a woman); to be engaged to; also, to marry (someone); to espouse. Chiefly followed by to, unto, or with: often of a parent or guardian: to formally promise that (someone) be married to another person; to affiance, to betroth. Followed by in, to, or unto: to bind or pledge (someone or something) to another person or thing.
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Word DNA
AFFIES inherits its ancestry from its root, AFFY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,454)
How it is built
Same root, AFFY · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AFFIES 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 ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFFIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFFIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found AFFIES?
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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