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APICULUS
Definition of APICULUS
noun
The part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin apic- + Latin -ulus, ultimately from Latin apex.
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.
APICULUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 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
APICULUS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACILPSUU - 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 APICULUS?
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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