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APRICATIONS
Definition of APRICATIONS
Wiktionary has no entry for APRICATIONS itself. This is its base word, APRICATION.
noun
The act of apricating, or basking in the sun.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for APRICATION.
From apricate + -ion.
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.
APRICATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APRICATIONS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACIINOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start APRICAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APRICATIONS?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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