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APEX
Definition of APEX
noun
The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).
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.
APEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 61 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
APEX starts with A and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AEPX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found APEX?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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