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AMPHORIC
Definition of AMPHORIC
adjective
Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
AMPHORIC carries 4 further meanings.
Resembling the sound made by blowing across the mouth of a flask: applied to certain sounds obtained in auscultation and percussion of the chest: as, amphoric respiration: amphoric resonance; an amphoric voice, whisper, or cough.
adjective
Produced by, or indicating, a cavity in the lungs, not filled, and giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
“amphoric respiration or resonance”
adjective
Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
adjective
the sound heard in auscultation resembling the hollow sound made by blowing across the mouth of a bottle
Where it comes from
From Latin amphoricus (“of or related to an amphora”), from amphora + -icus (“-ic: forming adj.”). Equivalent to amphora + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% 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.
AMPHORIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMPHORIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 AMPHOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found AMPHORIC?
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