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APNOEAL
Definition of APNOEAL
adjective
Of or characterized by apnoea.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From apnoea + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
APNOEAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APNOEAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAELNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found APNOEAL?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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