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APIOLOGIST
Definition of APIOLOGIST
noun
A person who studies apiology, the science of bees and honey-making.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From apiology + -ist.
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.
APIOLOGIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APIOLOGIST starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGIILOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start APIOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APIOLOGIST?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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