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ASPHYXIATION
Definition of ASPHYXIATION
noun
Death due to lack of oxygen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From asphyxiate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASPHYXIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ASPHYXIATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAHIINOPSTXY - 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 16
Could you have found ASPHYXIATION?
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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