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AIRMAN
Definition of AIRMAN
noun
A pilot of an aircraft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From air + -man.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AIRMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
AIRMAN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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 AIRMAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found AIRMAN?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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