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APRICATING
Definition of APRICATING
verb
present participle and gerund of apricate
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Word DNA
APRICATING inherits its ancestry from its root, APRICATE.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, APRICATE · 3 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.
APRICATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APRICATING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGIINPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start APRICA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found APRICATING?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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