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ASPHYXIATING
Definition of ASPHYXIATING
adjective
Causing asphyxiation; depriving living beings of the ability to breathe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, asphyxiate + -ing.
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.
ASPHYXIATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 65, 24 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ASPHYXIATING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AAGHIINPSTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start ASPHYXIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found ASPHYXIATING?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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