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AFTERGLOW
Definition of AFTERGLOW
noun
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From after- + glow.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AFTERGLOW · 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.
AFTERGLOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFTERGLOW starts with A and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read AEFGLORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AFTERG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found AFTERGLOW?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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