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APOCOPATE
Definition of APOCOPATE
adjective
Shortened by apocope; lacking a final sound or syllable
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin apocopātus (“cut off”), from Ancient Greek ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō, “cut off”).
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.
APOCOPATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APOCOPATE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEOOPPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, P and O appear more than once.
Words that start APOCOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APOCOPATE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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