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APICULATE
Definition of APICULATE
adjective
Having a short, sharply pointed tip.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin apiculatus
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.
APICULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
APICULATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEILPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start APICUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found APICULATE?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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