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APTERYX
Definition of APTERYX
noun
Kiwi bird.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the New Latin genus name, Apteryx.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,444)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, APTERYX · 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.
APTERYX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
APTERYX starts with A and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AEPRTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start APTERY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found APTERYX?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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