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APERT
Definition of APERT
adjective
open; uncovered; revealed
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English apert, from Old French apert, from Latin apertus, past participle of aperire. Doublet of ouvert and overt.
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.
APERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APERT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start APERT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found APERT?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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