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APHETISE
Definition of APHETISE
verb
Alternative form of aphetize
APHETIZE
verb
To shorten by aphesis.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, APHETISE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
APHETISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 117 days.
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
APHETISE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHIPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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 35
Could you have found APHETISE?
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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