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APHETIZED
Definition of APHETIZED
adjective
Having undergone aphesis, the removal of an unstressed initial vowel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, APHETIZE · 2 relatives 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.
APHETIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APHETIZED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHIPTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
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.
Could you have found APHETIZED?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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