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APHOTIC
Definition of APHOTIC
adjective
Having no light, especially no sunlight.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- (prefix meaning ‘not; without; opposite of’) + photic.
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.
APHOTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
APHOTIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHIOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found APHOTIC?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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