The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
APICULTURE
Definition of APICULTURE
noun
The keeping and maintenance of bees for commercial reasons.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From api- (“bee”) + culture.
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.
APICULTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APICULTURE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEILPRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start APICUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found APICULTURE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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