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AIRED
Definition of AIRED
verb
simple past and past participle of air
AIR
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Airoran.
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Word DNA
AIRED inherits its ancestry from its root, AIR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AIR · 34 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AIRED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AIRED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found AIRED?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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