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ALEATORIC

/eɪliːəˈtɔəɹɪk/9 letters

Definition of ALEATORIC

adjective

Having an element of chance.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin āleātōrius (see aleatory) + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (24,861)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective5 syllablescompound-ic

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ALEATORIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its 36 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
36
Boards found on
52
First board
163
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 52, 11 July 2026.

Built from these letters

ALEATORIC
9
Letters
5
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ALEATORIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACEILORT - 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 ALEATO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ALEATORIC?

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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.

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