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AMPERSANDS

10 letters

Definition of AMPERSANDS

noun

plural of ampersand

AMPERSAND

noun

The symbol "&".

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Word DNA

AMPERSANDS inherits its ancestry from its root, AMPERSAND.

How it is built

noun

Same root, AMPERSAND · 1 relative in the game

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.

AMPERSANDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 173
Its one board, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
11
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

banca66

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AMPERSANDS
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

AMPERSANDS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEMNPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear more than once.

Words that start AMPERS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found AMPERSANDS?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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