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AROMATIC
Definition of AROMATIC
adjective
Fragrant or spicy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Late Middle English, from Middle French and Old French aromatique, from Late Latin aromaticus, from Ancient Greek ἄρωμα (árōma, “seasoning, spicy and/or fragrant smell”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AROMATIC · 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.
AROMATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AROMATIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACIMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AROMAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found AROMATIC?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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