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AFFOORDING
Definition of AFFOORDING
verb
present participle and gerund of affoord
AFFORD · via affoord
verb
To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; to be able or rich enough; to spare.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AFFOORDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFFOORDING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADFFGINOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start AFFOOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AFFOORDING?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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