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ASPIRIN
Definition of ASPIRIN
noun
an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Genericized trademark of German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (literally “acetylated spiraeic acid”). The trade name Aspirin is a registered trademark in some countries, but has entered the English language in generic usage, as various German trademarks were nullified in the United States after World War I (see also heroin).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,743)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
ASPIRIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ASPIRIN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASPIRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found ASPIRIN?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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