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AURIC
Definition of AURIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to trivalent gold.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin aurum + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% 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.
AURIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 75 boards so far. 210 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AURIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 AURIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found AURIC?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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