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AFFORD
Definition of AFFORD
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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Where it comes from
From Middle English afforthen, aforthen, avorthien, from earlier iforthen, iforthien, ȝeforthien, from Old English forþian, ġeforþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”), from Proto-Germanic *furþōną, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), equivalent to a- + forth. Cognate with Old Norse forða (“to forward oneself, save oneself, escape danger”), Icelandic forða (“to save, rescue”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (946)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AFFORD · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AFFORD 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 3 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
AFFORD starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADFFOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start AFFORD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AFFORD?
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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