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APOSTLES
Definition of APOSTLES
noun
plural of apostle
noun
A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
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Word DNA
APOSTLES inherits its ancestry from its root, APOSTLE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,150)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, APOSTLE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
APOSTLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APOSTLES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELOPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start APOSTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APOSTLES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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