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APHRODISIAC
Definition of APHRODISIAC
adjective
Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀφροδισιακός (aphrodisiakós, “venereal”), from Ἀφροδίσιος (Aphrodísios, “pertaining to Aphrodite”).
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.
APHRODISIAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
APHRODISIAC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACDHIIOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start APHRODI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found APHRODISIAC?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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