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AFICIONADO
Definition of AFICIONADO
noun
An amateur bullfighter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish aficionado (“fan, amateur”), past participle of aficionar (“to inspire fondness in someone, to get someone interested in something”). Doublet of affectionate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AFICIONADO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFICIONADO starts with A and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AACDFIINOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, I and O appear more than once.
Words that start AFICIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found AFICIONADO?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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