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ALPHAMETIC
Definition of ALPHAMETIC
noun
A puzzle that presents an arithmetic problem with letters in place of the digits, the reader challenged to deduce which digit corresponds to each letter.
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Where it comes from
Blend of alphabet + arithmetic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALPHAMETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALPHAMETIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACEHILMPT - 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 ALPHAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALPHAMETIC?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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