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APPEALS
Definition of APPEALS
noun
plural of appeal
noun
An application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned. The legal document or form by which such an application is made; also, the court case in which the application is argued. A person's legal right to apply to court for such a review.
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Word DNA
APPEALS inherits its ancestry from its root, APPEAL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,153)
How it is built
Same root, APPEAL · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
APPEALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
Built from these letters
APPEALS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAELPPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start APPEAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APPEALS?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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