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ASPLENIA
Definition of ASPLENIA
noun
Absence of normal function of the spleen, from any cause: Anatomical absence of the spleen (after splenectomy or congenitally). Physiological absence of splenic function; either substantial or total splenic dysfunction; splenic nonfunction.
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Where it comes from
From a- + splen- + -ia.
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.
ASPLENIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASPLENIA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEILNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ASPLEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASPLENIA?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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