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AORIST
Definition of AORIST
noun
A verb paradigm found in certain languages, usually an unmarked form or one that expresses the perfective or aorist aspect.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “unbounded”).
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.
AORIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AORIST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AIORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AORIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found AORIST?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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