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CONVERTIPLANES
Definition of CONVERTIPLANES
noun
plural of convertiplane
noun
Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate
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Word DNA
CONVERTIPLANES inherits its ancestry from its root, AIR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,357)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AIR · 34 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CONVERTIPLANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 159, 26 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CONVERTIPLANES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILNNOPRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
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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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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