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APOLOGY
Definition of APOLOGY
noun
An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in my defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Doublet of apologia. By surface analysis, apo- + -logy.
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.
APOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APOLOGY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGLOOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start APOLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found APOLOGY?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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