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ACARPOUS
Definition of ACARPOUS
adjective
Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄκαρπος (ákarpos, “fruitless”), from privative ἀ- (a-) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).
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.
ACARPOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 63, 22 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ACARPOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found ACARPOUS?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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