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APRON
Definition of APRON
noun
An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
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Where it comes from
Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.
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.
APRON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
APRON starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ANOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start APRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APRON?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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