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AIRMEN
Definition of AIRMEN
noun
plural of airman
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Word DNA
AIRMEN 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
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AIR · 33 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.
AIRMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AIRMEN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found AIRMEN?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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