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APTERISMS
Definition of APTERISMS
Wiktionary has no entry for APTERISMS itself. This is its base word, APTERISM.
noun
The condition of being apterous.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, APTERISM · 1 relative 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.
APTERISMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
APTERISMS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIMPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start APTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found APTERISMS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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