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APERIODIC
Definition of APERIODIC
adjective
That does not recur periodically.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- + periodic.
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.
APERIODIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APERIODIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIIOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start APERIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APERIODIC?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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