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AORTA

/eɪˈɔːtə/5 letters

Definition of AORTA

noun

The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

AORTA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 40 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
40
Boards found on
8
First board
101
Latest board
9
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

AORTA
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

AORTA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

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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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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