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APHOTIC
Definition of APHOTIC
adjective
Having no light, especially no sunlight.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
APHOTIC carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Having no light.
adjective
Of or relating to the region of a body of water that is not reached by sunlight and in which photosynthesis is unable to occur.
In phytogeography, without light: applied to the deep level in a body of water in which only non-assimilating organisms can exist.
adjective
Without light.
Where it comes from
From a- (prefix meaning ‘not; without; opposite of’) + photic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
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 68 boards so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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