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AORTIC
Definition of AORTIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From aorta + -ic. By surface analysis, aort- + -ic.
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.
AORTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 180 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AORTIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found AORTIC?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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