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ALTARPIECE
Definition of ALTARPIECE
noun
a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From altar + piece.
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.
ALTARPIECE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALTARPIECE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEEILPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ALTARP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALTARPIECE?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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