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APATITES
Definition of APATITES
noun
plural of apatite
noun
A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer, as a gemstone, and (in powdered form) as a pigment, and also produced biologically in bones and teeth.
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Word DNA
APATITES inherits its ancestry from its root, APATITE.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- German
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, APATITE · 1 relative 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.
APATITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APATITES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEIPSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Could you have found APATITES?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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