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ASPHYXIATE
Definition of ASPHYXIATE
verb
To smother or suffocate someone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From asphyxia + -ate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ASPHYXIATE · 2 relatives 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.
ASPHYXIATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ASPHYXIATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEHIPSTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ASPHYX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found ASPHYXIATE?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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