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APOCYNTHION
Definition of APOCYNTHION
noun
The point in an orbit around the Moon that is most distant from that body.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From apo- + Cynthian + -ion.
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.
APOCYNTHION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APOCYNTHION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACHINNOOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.
Could you have found APOCYNTHION?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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