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AIRCREWS
Definition of AIRCREWS
noun
plural of aircrew
AIRCREW
noun
A group of two or more trained individuals, formed as a team that operates an aircraft.
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Word DNA
AIRCREWS inherits its ancestry from its root, AIRCREW.
How it is built
Same root, AIRCREW · 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.
AIRCREWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
AIRCREWS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIRRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AIRCRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AIRCREWS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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