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ATROPHIC
Definition of ATROPHIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From atrophy + -ic.
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.
ATROPHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ATROPHIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHIOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ATROPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
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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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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