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APHIS
Definition of APHIS
noun
An aphid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from New Latin aphis, coined by Linnaeus in 1758. Doublet of aphid.
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.
APHIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APHIS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHIPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found APHIS?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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