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AFFLICTION
Definition of AFFLICTION
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem (“pain, suffering, torment”), from Latin afflīctō (“to damage, harass, torment”), from ad- + flīctus, past participle of afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence af-). By surface analysis, afflict + -ion.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AFFLICTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFFLICTION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACFFIILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start AFFLIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AFFLICTION?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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