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APPRENTICE
Definition of APPRENTICE
noun
A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō. Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian ухвати́ть (uxvatítʹ), нахвата́ться (naxvatátʹsja), схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and, for another aspect, быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ)).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
APPRENTICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APPRENTICE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINPPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start APPREN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APPRENTICE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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