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APARTHEID
Definition of APARTHEID
noun
The policy of racial segregation in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Afrikaans apartheid (literally “separateness, apartness”) (1929 in a South African socio-political context), from Afrikaans apart (“separate”) + suffix -heid, cognate of English -hood.
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.
APARTHEID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APARTHEID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEHIPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start APARTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found APARTHEID?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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