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APODAL
Definition of APODAL
adjective
Without feet or foot-like body parts; legless ; footless ; feetless.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- + -podal.
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.
APODAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APODAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADLOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found APODAL?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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