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APHONIC
Definition of APHONIC
adjective
Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.
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Other senses
APHONIC carries 4 further meanings.
Pertaining to or characterized by aphonia; speechless; dumb.
noun
A person affected with aphonia.
Having no sound or pronunciation.
Having no voiced quality; not voiced.
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, APHONIC · 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.
APHONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 143 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APHONIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHINOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of APHONIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start APHONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found APHONIC?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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