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APETALOUS
Definition of APETALOUS
adjective
Having no petals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin āpetalus. By surface analysis, a- + petal + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
APETALOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APETALOUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAELOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found APETALOUS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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