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AFGHANIS
Definition of AFGHANIS
noun
plural of afghani
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Word DNA
AFGHANIS inherits its ancestry from its root, AFGHANI.
Line of descent
- Persian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (159)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AFGHANI · 1 relative 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.
AFGHANIS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 141 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AFGHANIS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAFGHINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AFGHAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found AFGHANIS?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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