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ASYLUM
Definition of ASYLUM
noun
A place of safety or refuge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin asȳlum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).
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.
ASYLUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASYLUM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ALMSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ASYLUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found ASYLUM?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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