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AUSFORM
Definition of AUSFORM
verb
To plastically deform (steel) as part of a certain process in order to improve its strength.
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Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, AUSFORM · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AUSFORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
AUSFORM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AFMORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AUSFOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AUSFORM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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