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APOSTROPHE
Definition of APOSTROPHE
noun
The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French apostrophe, or Latin apostrophus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a noun use of an adjective from ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “to turn away”), from ἀπό (apó, “away from”) + στρέφω (stréphō, “to turn”).
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.
APOSTROPHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
APOSTROPHE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHOOPPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start APOSTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APOSTROPHE?
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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