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AFLAJ
Definition of AFLAJ
noun
An irrigation system which catches mountain water and controls its movement down man-made subterranean channels, found in Oman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic أَفْلَاج (ʔaflāj), plural of فَلَج (falaj, “irrigation channel”).
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.
AFLAJ in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 61, 20 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 60 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFLAJ starts with A and ends with J. Sorted, its letters read AAFJL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found AFLAJ?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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