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ALFAKIS
Definition of ALFAKIS
noun
plural of alfaki
ALFAQUI · via alfaki
noun
An Islamic cleric, an expert in Islamic law and jurisprudence, especially in medieval and early modern Spain.
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Word DNA
ALFAKIS inherits its ancestry from its root, ALFAQUI.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,157)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALFAQUI · 5 relatives 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.
ALFAKIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 170, 6 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALFAKIS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAFIKLS - 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.
Could you have found ALFAKIS?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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