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APOCRYPHAL
Definition of APOCRYPHAL
adjective
Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From apocrypha + -al.
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.
APOCRYPHAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 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
APOCRYPHAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACHLOPPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and P appear more than once.
Words that start APOCRY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APOCRYPHAL?
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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