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APOSTROPHIC
Definition of APOSTROPHIC
adjective
Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
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Where it comes from
From apostrophe + -ic.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, APOSTROPHE · 1 relative 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.
APOSTROPHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
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
APOSTROPHIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACHIOOPPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start APOSTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APOSTROPHIC?
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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