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APHETIC
Definition of APHETIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄφετος (áphetos), equivalent to aphesis + -tic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,617)
branch · 12.6% 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.
APHETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APHETIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIPT - 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 APHETI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found APHETIC?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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