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APPRAISE
Definition of APPRAISE
verb
To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English apreisen, from Old French aprisier (“apraise, set a price on”) (compare modern French apprécier), from Late Latin appretiare, from ad- + Latin pretium (“price, value”) (English precious), from which also appreciate, a doublet.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, APPRAISE · 3 relatives 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.
APPRAISE 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 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APPRAISE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEIPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start APPRAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APPRAISE?
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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