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APOTHECARIES
Definition of APOTHECARIES
noun
plural of apothecary
noun
Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
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Word DNA
APOTHECARIES inherits its ancestry from its root, APOTHECARY.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, APOTHECARY · 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.
APOTHECARIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APOTHECARIES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHIOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found APOTHECARIES?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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