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APPELLATION
Definition of APPELLATION
noun
A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; a designation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From late Middle English appellacion, from Old French apellatiun, from Latin appellātiō (“a naming”).
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.
APPELLATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 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
APPELLATION starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEILLNOPPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, P and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start APPELLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APPELLATION?
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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