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APHORISTICAL
Definition of APHORISTICAL
adjective
Alternative form of aphoristic.
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Word DNA
APHORISTICAL inherits its ancestry from its root, APHORISTIC.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,375)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, APHORISTIC · 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.
APHORISTICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APHORISTICAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACHIILOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
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 APHORIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APHORISTICAL?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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