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ALPHABETIC
Definition of ALPHABETIC
adjective
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
ALPHABETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALPHABETIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AABCEHILPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ALPHAB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ALPHABETIC?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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