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APER
Definition of APER
noun
Someone who apes something
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ape + -er.
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.
APER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APER starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start APER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APER?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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