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AQUATIC
Definition of AQUATIC
adjective
Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”).
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.
AQUATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AQUATIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACIQTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start AQUATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AQUATIC?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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